Question

26 the sixth - grade classes at west road elementary school were asked to vote on the location of their class trip. the results are shown in the table below. determine, to the nearest percent, the percentage of girls who voted for splashdown.

	playland	splashdown	fun central
girls	39	46	37

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total girls' votes

Add up the number of votes from girls for all locations: $39 + 46+37=122$.

Step2: Calculate percentage for Splashdown

Use the formula $\text{Percentage}=\frac{\text{Number of girls who voted for Splashdown}}{\text{Total number of girls' votes}}\times100\%$. So, $\frac{46}{122}\times 100\% \approx 38\%$.

Answer:

38%