It was reported that approximately 15.5 million telephone votes were cast. each vote was for
either laine or alejandro. if the ratio of "laine votes" to "alejandro votes” was 29: 21, how
many votes did alejandro receive? what percent of the votes did laine receive?

Alejandro received 6.51 million of votes

Laine received 58% of votes

Step-by-step explanation:

If the ratio of "Laine votes" to "Alejandro votes” was 29:21, then the number of "Laine votes" was 29x and the number of "Alejandro votes” was 21x. In total, 15.5 million votes were cast. So

29x + 21x = 15.5 million

50x = 15.5 million

x = 0.31 million

Then

the number of "Laine votes" million

number of "Alejandro votes” million

Laine received