Ethan surveyed 120 registered voters at random out of a total of 12,600 registered voters in town. He asked them who they planned to vote for in the upcoming election. The results of his survey conducted on Sunday are shown below.

Based on the results of this survey, what is the total number of registered voters expected to vote for Ms. Gibson in the upcoming election?

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Based on the results of the survey, the total number of registered voters expected to vote for Ms. Gibson in the upcoming election are 4725 votes

Step-by-step explanation:

Ms. Gibson has 45 votes of 120 votes

let Ms. Gibson vote of 12,600 be x

45      120

x        12600

cross multiply

120x = 45 x 12600

120x = 567,000

Divide all through by 120

x = 567000 / 120

x = 4725

Based on the results of the survey, the total number of registered voters expected to vote for Ms. Gibson in the upcoming election are 4725 votes

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mccullaugh in los angeles and

al stewart in new york.

new york the colossal success of "top gun" appears to have dramatically altered madison avenue's

perception of corporate sponsorship

of home video projects.

the paramount home video re- lease, featuring a 60- second diet

pepsi spot, was by no means the

first prerecorded video to carry an advertiser's plug, but it was the

first major theatrical release to do so. in the aftermath of the title's

success, paramount is widely ex- pected to ink a similar deal for

"crocodile dundee" or "star trek

iv" or both.

corporate america's new attraccds push british

recording sales

to 19% gain

london fueled by the compact

disk boom, the value of u.k. manu- facturer shipments of recordings

rose 19% in the 12 -month period ended march 1987, according to the

british phonographic industry.

total value of u.k. shipments for

the period was $755 million for all

configurations. (all value figures

are based on an exchange rate of

$1.68 to the pound sterling.)

cd sales totaled 10.7 million units

worth $121.3 million- compared

with 3.7 million units worth $39.5

million in the prior 12 months -and

accounted for two -thirds of the

overall gain in trade value. at present growth rates, says the bpi, cd

sales for calendar 1987 will reach 20

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