Having trouble with how to solve questions like this:

In a recent student government election, the ratio of students who voted for the winner to all the students who voted was 0.95

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The number of students who voted was 60

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How many votes did the winner get?

In this question there is a small trick that needs to be understood. Basically the ratio in the question is given as a decimal. It can be expressed as a ratio as well.

Ratio of students that voted for winner to the total number of voters = 95:100

The total number of students that voted = 60

Let us assume the common ratio to be = x

then

100x = 60

x = 60/100

= 0.6

Then

The number of votes that the winner got = 95 * 0.6

= 57

So 57 students voted for the winning candidate.