Turkey's government requires at least a 2/3 majority of Parliament members to approve any constitutional changes. There are 550 seats in the Parliament. Of those, 313 of the seats are occupied by members who have pledged to support a particular constitutional change. Which inequality represents the number of additional Parliament members, m, who would need to support the constitutional change to achieve the required majority?

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John Snow

12 December, 13:01

Turkey's government requires at least a 2/3 majority of Parliament members to approve any constitutional changes. There are 550 seats in the Parliament. Of those, 313 of the seats are occupied by members who have pledged to support a particular constitutional change. Which inequality represents the number of additional Parliament members, m, who would need to support the constitutional change to achieve the required majority?

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Micah Macdonald · Answer 1

m > / = 50

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There are 550 seats in the parliament, 2/3 of the majority would be 363 people, because you want 2 out of 3 of the majority, one way is to divide 550 into 3 parts (181) and then multiplying my two to get two parts out of 3. Since there are already 313 members who have pledged to support a particular constitutional change, then you would need at least 50 more members to approve; 363-313.