Question

Thre people in an election split the vote in the ratio of 5 to 4 to 2. The number of votes cast was 55,110. How many votes did each person receive.

Answer 1

Let the number of people be 5x,4x and 2x then 5x+4x+2x=55110

Answer 2

at the end however u have to multiply x by 2, 4 and 5 for each person respectively to get their full amount of votes

Answer 3

Yeap

Answer 4

Is 25050,20040,10020 Right?

Answer 5

yeap

Answer 6

Thanks both of u guys

Answer 7

5x+4x+2x = 55110
11x = 55110
x = 55110/11
x = 5010

5x = 5*5010 = 25050
4x = 4*5010 = 20040
2x = 2*5010 = 10020

25050:20040:10020

Answer 8

np