John's town voted on a new speed limit. Of the votes received, 8 were in favor of the new speed limit and 2 were opposed. What percentage of the votes were in favor of the new speed limit?
8 were in favor and there were 2 opposed, so in total there were 10 people voting. So you do 8 ÷ 10, which equals 0.8, and 0.8=80%. Therefore 80% of the votes were in favor.
