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Problem
Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received votes, then how many votes were cast all together? 
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Let be the total amount of votes casted. From the chart, Brenda received of the votes and had votes. We can express this relationship as . Solving for , we get
Final answer
E