¶ 2017 AMC8 Problem 2
Problem:
Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received votes, then how many votes were cast all together?
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Solution:
Observe that votes made up of the total number of votes. Thus votes made up of the total number of votes and therefore there were total votes.
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