Question

six students ran for class president in a school election. one candidate received 2/3 of the votes. the remaining votes were distributed equally among the other 5 candidates. what fraction of the total votes did each of the other candidates receive

Answer 1

Answer:

1/15

Explaination:

Candidate 1 = 2/3 votes

Remaining votes = 1 - 2/3 = 1/3

If we divide the renaming votes in 5 candidates = 1/3 × 1/5= 1/15