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You have to count the increase on popular votes, so for george bush, the increase is 50.5 millions to 62 millions. This would be higher than that of William Clinton.
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Why ans for 3 is true?
Because it has relatively closer value compare to others ? Or is there anything else i am missing in consideration?

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­Statement 1: Read the text blurb to learn that Popular Vote (Millions) refers to the number of votes earned by the winning candidate. Sort the table by President to quickly identify Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush as the presidents who served two terms. The question asks for the two-term president with the smallest percent increase in Popular Vote from one term to the next, so use the percent change formula, difference/original × 100. Compare difference/original for the two-term presidents. William Clinton’s \(\frac{2.4}{40} × 100 = 6.25\) percent increase in Popular Vote was the smallest percent increase for the two-term presidents, so the statement is true.

Answer: True

Statement 2: Sort the table by Political Party to quickly determine that there are 6 Democratic presidents and 7 Republican presidents listed in the table. Use the calculator to determine that the 6 Democratic presidents earned 2,200 electoral votes, averaging 2,200 ÷ 6 ≈ 367 electoral votes per candidate, and the 7 Republican presidents earned a total of 2,818 electoral votes, averaging 2,818 ÷ 7 ≈ 403 per candidate. Since 403 > 367, the statement is false.

Answer: False

Statement 3: Sort the table by % of Popular Vote to help identify the presidents for whom the difference between % of Popular Vote and % of Electoral Vote is least. In both 2000 and 2004, the difference between the two percentages is less than 3, much less than the difference for any other president. In both years, George W. Bush was president, so the statement is true.

Answer: True
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­In ques 1. Why cant I use the Popular % to calculate the difference ?
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