A motion was passed by a vote of $5:3$ . What fractions of total votes were polled in favor of the motion?

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(a) $5/3$
(b) $5/8$
(c) $3/5$
(d) $3/8$

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-04T12:09:02

Answer is (b).

As motion was passed by a vote of $5:3$ , if there were $5x$ votes in favour and $3x$ votes against out of total $5x+3x=8x$ votes.

Hence, part of the votes cast in favor of the motion was $(5x)/(8x)=5/8$ .

Hence answer is (b).