The percentage of votes claimed by Adam is 53.62 %
Solution:
Given that, 5000 people went to vote
Candidate Smith claimed 52% of the votes. Candidate Adams claimed 2681 votes
To find: Percentage claimed by Adam
From given,
Total number of votes = 5000
Votes claimed by Adam = 2681
The formula used is:
[tex]Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = \frac{\text{votes claimed by adam}}{\text{Total number of votes}} \times 100[/tex]
Substituting the values we get,
[tex]Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = \frac{2681}{5000} \times 100\\\\Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = 0.5362 \times 100\\\\Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = 53.62[/tex]
Thus percentage of votes claimed by Adam is 53.62 %
