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In the following statement, express the first number as a percentage of the second number A certain candidate won 292 electoral votes in an election, out of a total of 484 .
The number of electoral votes won by the candidate is $60.3 \%$ of the total votes. (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)

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Final Answer: The number of electoral votes won by the candidate is \(\boxed{60.3 \%}\) of the total votes.

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Step 1 :Given that a certain candidate won 292 electoral votes in an election, out of a total of 484.

Step 2 :To express the first number as a percentage of the second number, we need to divide the number of votes won by the candidate by the total number of votes, then multiply the result by 100.

Step 3 :So, the calculation is \(\frac{292}{484} \times 100\).

Step 4 :After performing the calculation, we get the percentage as approximately 60.3.

Step 5 :This is the percentage of the total votes that the candidate won.

Step 6 :Final Answer: The number of electoral votes won by the candidate is \(\boxed{60.3 \%}\) of the total votes.

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