There are $25$ students in Mrs. Garcia's class. In the class election, $4$ students voted for Benjamin, $12$ for Sahil, and $9$ for Maira. What percentage of the class voted for Maria?

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Q. There are

25

students in Mrs. Garcia's class. In the class election,

4

students voted for Benjamin,

12

for Sahil, and

9

for Maira. What percentage of the class voted for Maria?

Determine Votes for Maira: Determine the total number of votes for Maira. Maira received $9$ votes.
Total Students in Class: Determine the total number of students in the class. $\newline$ There are $25$ students in Mrs. Garcia's class.
Calculate Percentage for Maira: Calculate the percentage of the class that voted for Maira. $\newline$ To find the percentage, divide the number of votes Maira received by the total number of students and then multiply by $100$ . $\newline$ Percentage for Maira = $(\text{Number of votes for Maira} / \text{Total number of students}) \times 100$ $\newline$ Percentage for Maira = $(9 / 25) \times 100$ $\newline$ Percentage for Maira = $0.36 \times 100$ $\newline$ Percentage for Maira = $36\%$