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Oliver's town voted on a new speed limit. $20\%$ of the $55$ votes were in favor of the new speed limit. How many votes were in favor? $\newline$ _____ votes

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Q. Oliver's town voted on a new speed limit.

20\%

of the

55

votes were in favor of the new speed limit. How many votes were in favor?

\newline

_____ votes

Identify total votes: Step $1$ : Identify the total number of votes and the percentage in favor. $\newline$ Total votes = $55$ , Percentage in favor = $20\%$ $\newline$ Calculation: $(\text{Total votes}) \times (\text{Percentage in favor}) / 100$ $\newline$ $55 \times 20 / 100 = 11$

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