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Directions: Study the table carefully and answer the following question. Place Percentage of People Eligible to Vote out of Total Population Percentage of People Who Voted out of Total People Eligible to Vote Percentage of Senior Citizens Who Voted out of Total Senior Citizens A 72% 80% 45% B 68% 55% 30% C 55% 30% 20% D 60% 50% 75% E 45% 60% 30% Assume that all senior citizens are eligible to vote.

If the number of senior citizens who voted represents 9% of the total population of place A, then out of people in place A who were eligible to vote and were not senior citizens, how many percent voted?

Assume the total population of place A is 100. The number of senior citizens who voted is 9, and since they make up 45% of all senior citizens, the total number of senior citizens is 9 divided by 0.45, which equals 20. The total number of people eligible to vote is 72, so the number of eligible non-senior citizens is 72 minus 20, resulting in 52. The total number of people who voted is 80% of the eligible 72, which equals 57.6 voters. Subtracting the 9 senior citizens who voted leaves 48.6 non-senior citizens who voted. The percentage of eligible non-senior citizens who voted is 48.6 divided by 52, which equals approximately 93.46%.

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