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15 Sep 2014, 23:14
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60 percent of the people surveyed said that they would vote for Stewart. Of those who said they would vote for Stewart, 90 percent actually voted for him, and of those who did not say that they would vote for Stewart, 5 percent actually voted for him. What percent of the group surveyed voted for Stewart?

A. 30%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 56%
E. 64%

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60 percent of the people surveyed said that they would vote for Stewart. Of those who said they would vote for Stewart, 90 percent actually voted for him, and of those who did not say that they would vote for Stewart, 5 percent actually voted for him. What percent of the group surveyed voted for Stewart?

A. 30%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 56%
E. 64%

Let $$X$$ be the total number of polled people.
• $$0.6X$$ -- say that they will vote for Stewart
• $$0.9*0.6X=0.54$$ -- actually voted
• $$0.4X$$ -- will not vote for Stewart
• $$0.05*0.4X=0.02X$$ -- nevertheless, voted for him

So, $$0.54X+0.02X=0.56X$$ or 56%

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17 Feb 2017, 21:31
Let X, total # of people=100.. simplest way if you want to avoid the decimals with variable x
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19 Apr 2017, 05:47
yeah right so much easier with real numbers.
Although x is 100 :D
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04 Oct 2018, 11:33
I got this wrong on the test but I used the following method while reviewing it and it went much faster than the time I took to solve this on the test.
I started with plugging x=100.
60% surveyed = 60
Out of the 60, 90 actually voted for him = (90/100) * 60 = 54
At this point, I reviewed the answer choices and saw that it can't be E. I then quickly read through the rest of the QS and guessed that it has to be slightly higher than 54.
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