If a mayor is elected with 53% of the votes cast and 85% of a town's 26,000 voters voted, how many votes did the mayor receive?
A
11,713
Explaination
If 85% of the town's 26,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is: $9817_w278_h39.png$ The mayor got 53% of the votes cast which is: $5242_w278_h39.png$.