+20 in a student election, 5 out of 9 students voted for the successful student council president. How many students voted for the winning candidate if there are 1080 students in the school?
+23254 How many groups of 9 students are there in a school of 1080 students?
1080 divided by 9 gives an answer of 120.
On average, in each of these 120 groups 5 voted for the same person: 120 x 5 = 600.
So, 600 voted for the winning candidate.
Checking: 600 / 1080 = 5/9.
