State Senator Watsons campaign manager conducted a telephone

State Senator Watson\'s campaign manager conducted a telephone survey and discovered that 13 out of every 20 voters said they would vote for the Senator. If there are 185, 500 voters who voted on election day, and this trend holds, how many votes will Senator Watson expect to receive?

Solution

Vote for 13 out of 20 voters

% who would vote for senator = (13/20)*100 = 65% voters

If there are total 185,500 voters , voters who would vote for senator = 0.65*185,500 = 120575 votes