Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Network with voters. Talk with influential people who can promote you. Send your team out to promote you. Take opportunities to speak publicly. Write powerful campaign speeches.

Answer: Talk to as many people as you can from all different walks of life. Let them know that you’re running for the position. The more people that you connect with on a personal level, the more votes you’ll get. Some voters may even tell family and friends about your campaign. Never act snobby and always be willing to speak to an eligible voter about their opinions or the problems that they are having.  You can say things like, "So, why did you come out today?" or "What concerns you about our community?" You can go to events, festivals, parks, and other areas where people meet up socially. If you are running for student government position, you can attend sports events, art shows, concerts, and talk to people during lunch and recess. Identify people who others look up to for advice or guidance and convince them of the benefits of voting for you. Be polite and positive and relate to them on a personal level. If you can convince them that you’re smart, capable, and have good ideas, they will be more likely to encourage others to vote for you.  When speaking with an influential person you can say something like, “I agree that it’s frustrating that the vending machines are always out of corn chips. If I get elected, I’ll make sure that they are stocked all the time.” If you are running for a political office, you should speak to business owners and community leaders. Leading up to the election day, have your team go out and talk to the voters on your behalf. Make sure that they understand your message and can answer questions that voters might have. You could even consider creating a script that they can memorize so that they can stay on message.  For instance, you could tell your team to say something like, "Vote for Garrett for student body president! He's going to try to get the school to renovate the gym and start a poetry club!" If you're running for political office you could say something like, "Vote for Joe Smoe--a progressive family man who plans to close the income gap and raise the minimum wage!" The more visible and recognizable your name is, the more likely people will be to vote for you. Contact event coordinators and see if you can speak before an event. If you're running for student government, talk to school administrators to see if you can make a speech in front of the school. If people have to choose between someone they know and an unknown candidate, they will usually vote for the person that they know. Talk about your passion for the voters and issues and explain how your election can improve people’s lives. Always start the speech by thanking the audience for being there. Rehearse the speech in front of a mirror and make it as moving as you can. Practice the speech in front of your team, friends, or family and ask them how it sounds. Take advice from other people and refine your campaign speeches until they are perfect.  Your speech could start like, "Hello students of Ridgemont Highschool, thank you for having me. For too long has the pizza been totally inadequate in our cafeteria. For too long have the locker rooms gone dirty. It's now time to stand up for--not only what we want--but for what is truly just! The decision is simple, vote for me to become class president." When President Barack Obama's announced that he planned on running for president he said, "We all made this journey for a reason. It's humbling, but in my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle, that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union."


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Use the unknown original amount method for the following sorts of problems: Decide if it's an increase or decrease situation. If it's an increase, add the percentage to 100. Convert that number into a decimal. Divide the "after amount" by the decimal from step 3. Our "after amount" is $15, and our decimal is 0.25. Label appropriately and you're done. Practice on the following examples.

Answer: "A video game is on sale at 75% off.  The sale price is $15.  What was the original price?" or "An investment grew by 22% and is now worth $1525.  How much was invested originally?" To solve these questions, you must understand that percentages are applied using multiplication.  Whether it is an increase or decrease, it was applied using multiplication.  Your job, therefore, is to undo that multiplication.  You are not undoing the increase or decrease; you are undoing the application of the percentage.  Therefore, three things will be true:  You will be dividing by the percent. If you have an increase, you will still add the percentage to 100. If you have a decrease, you will still subtract the percentage from 100. Sales tax, for example, is an increase; discounts are a decrease. An investment that grows in value is an increase; a population that declines in numbers is a decrease and so forth.  Let's imagine we have to work out the following problem: "A video is on sale at 75% off.  The sale price is $15.  What is the original price?"  Sale is another word for discount, so we're dealing with a decrease. $15 is our "after amount," because it's the number we have after the sale has been applied. If it's a decrease, subtract the percentage from 100. Because we're dealing with a decrease/discount, we'll subtract 100 - 75, giving us 25%. Do this by moving the decimal point two places to the left or dividing the number by 100. 25% becomes 0.25. This will help us reverse the multiplication that we talked about in Step 1. Grab a calculator, punch in '15,' hit divide, enter in '0.25,' and hit equals. You've just calculated the original price.  15 divided by 0.25 = 60, which means the original price was $60. If you want to double-check your answer to make sure it's correct, multiply the sale price (75%, or 0.75) with the original price ($60) and see if you get the sale price. ($15): 0.75 x 60 = $45 sale; $60 (original price) - $45 (sale amount) = $15 (sale price) To better understand this type of problem, read the prompt and see if you understand how to finish the following problem:  "An investment grew by 22% and is now worth $1,525.  How much was invested originally?"  This is an increase situation, so add 100 + 22. Convert the answer to a decimal: 122% becomes 1.22 On a calculator, enter '1,525', hit divide, enter '1.22', hit equals. Label the answer.  For this problem, 1,525 divided by 1.22 = 1250, so the original investment was $1,250.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: On a new line, type the code for the keyboard shortcut you want to assign. Type two colons after the keys you assigned. Press ↵ Enter to go to the next line and press Tab ↹ to indent. Type Send, and then type a message. Press ↵ Enter to go the next line and type Return. Save your script. Run the script. Test your Hotkey.

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For example, if you want to assign a command that does something when you press the key combination of Ctrl+E, you would type ^e. Each lowercase letter represents its own key, while special keys have their own symbols:   + = ⇧ Shift   ^ = Ctrl   ! = Alt   # = ⊞ Win (Windows key)  Click here for a complete list of key commands. Any key or key combination you typed needs to be followed by ::.  So in our example, the first line of our code would look like:  ^e:: You'll type the command for what will happen with then hotkey is pressed on the line below the two colons. You can indent the line by pressing "Tab" or by typing several spaces You don't have to indent the command line but it will keep your code organized and easy to read if you have errors later. The Send command will automatically type a message when a Hotkey is triggered. Anything you type after the comma will be typed automatically when you press the assigned Hotkey. For our example, if you wanted to include the message "wikiHow is awesome!" your code would look like:   ^e::     Send, wikiHow is awesome{!}   Special characters, like the exclamation mark, must be enclosed in braces { } so it isn't confused with the symbol for the "Alt" key. The Return command denotes the end of a command and stops the code from going to the lines below. Your finished code should look like:  ^e::     Send, wikiHow is awesome{!} Return Click "File" in the menu bar at the top of Notepad and click "Save" in the drop-down menu. This will save the code you've added to the script file. You can close Notepad once your work has been saved. Double-click the script file on your desktop to run the script. You'll see a green AutoHotkey icon appear in your system tray on the bottom-right of your screen. This indicates that an AutoHotkey script is active. Open a new word processing app or any app you can type text and press your Hotkey combo. In our example, if you press Ctrl+E you'll see the text "wikiHow is awesome!" instantly appear.