Resident of a small city voted on weather to allow a developer to build a shopping center. The number of votes in favor of the shopping center was 4,000 the number of votes against the shopping center was 17,000 what percent of the voters were I. Favor of building the shopping center ? Please HELP ASAP !!

19% of the voters were in Favor of building the shopping center.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total voters in the city = number of votes in favor of the shopping center + number of votes against the shopping center.

Percentage= (No. of votes in favor of shopping center / total voters)100

⇒ (4000/21,000)100

⇒ (4/21)100

⇒ 19%

∴ 19% of the voters were in Favor of building the shopping center.

for ex: the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3. it is the opposite.

reciprocal definition:

a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

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