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Todd's town voted on a new speed limit. $50\%$ of the $22$ votes were in favor of the new speed limit. How many votes were in favor? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_\_$ votes

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

50\%

of the

22

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 = $22$ , Percentage in favor = $50\%$ $\newline$ Calculation: $(\text{Total votes}) \times (\text{Percentage in favor}) / 100$ $\newline$ $22 \times 50 / 100 = 11$

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