Question

Maya and Sally were the two finalists in a singing competition. The person with the most votes from the audience was chosen as the winner. Sally received 25% of the total votes and lost by 62,500 votes. No person in the audience was allowed to vote more than once. The equation below represents this situation, where y is the total number of votes cast and x is the number of votes Maya received.

x - 62,500 = 0.25y

If a total of 125,000 people voted, how many votes did Maya receive?

Numerical Answers Expected!

Answer 1

You must solve the equation given for x. Do you know how to do that?

Answer 2

No..

Answer 3

=9375?

Answer 4

Add 62500 to both sides of the equation\[x-62500+62500=0.35y +62500\]

Answer 5

\[x=0.25y+62500\]

Answer 6

Can you solve this equation?