Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received 36 votes, then how many votes were cast all together?
A. 70
B. 84
C. 100
D. 106
E. 120

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1. 2017 AMC 8 官方解析

翻译：艾丽西娅、布伦达和科尔比是新一届学生会主席的候选人．下面的扇形统计图显示了他们被选举票数的百分比．如果布伦达有36票，那么总票数有多少？（　　）
布伦达占总票数的30%30\%，所以，总票数是36÷30%=12036 \div 30\% = 120（票）．

Answer

E. 120

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