In a dance contest in which 53,000 votes were cast, the winner received 3/5 of votes. How many votes did the winner not receive? (Incorrect solution: 3/5 x 53,000 = 3/5 x 53,000/1 = 3x53,000/ 5 x 1 = 31,800) ( explain error please and add correct work/solution and if you could share a strategy you used? Thanks!!)

If 10 men take 18 days to mow 60 acres of grass, how long will 15 men take to mow 80 acres?

Players on the school soccer team are selling candles to raise money for an upcoming trip. each player has 24 candles to sell. if a player sells 4 candles a profit of$30 is made. if he sells 12 candles a profit of $70 is made. determine an equation to model his situation?

Tom is the deli manager at a grocery store. he needs to schedule employee to staff the deli department for no more that 260 person-hours per week. tom has one part-time employee who works 20 person-hours per week. each full-time employee works 40 person-hours per week. write and inequality to determine n, the number of full-time employees tom may schedule, so that his employees work on more than 260 person-hours per week. graph the solution set to this inequality.