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?

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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?

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mathstudent55 · Answer

Use the given equation. Plug in 125,000 for y and solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

so its 31,250

mathstudent55 · Answer

No.
If the number of votes is 125,000, and Maya won, she must have more than half of the votes. 31,250 is one fourth of the number of votes, 125,000.

mathstudent55 · Answer

x - 62,500 = 0.25y
Where you see y above, replace with 125,000.
Then solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

is it 78,125