Multiple choice

In a certain election, 20 percent of the people who voted were from party X and the remaining voters were from party Y. On a certain issue, all the voting members of party X say no and 60 percent of the entire group of voters say no. What percent of the voting members of party Y say no?

  1. 20%

  2. 40%

  3. 50%

  4. 60%

  5. 100%
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Explanation

Let total voters be 100. Party X = 20, Party Y = 80. Party X says no = 20. Total says no = 60. So Party Y says no = 60 - 20 = 40. Percentage of Party Y = 40 / 80 = 50%.

AI explanation

Assume the total number of voters is 100. Party X has 20 voters, so party Y has 80 voters. All 20 members of party X voted no, and 60 total voters voted no, meaning 40 members of party Y voted no. The percentage of party Y members who voted no is 40 out of 80, which equals 50%.

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