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?

Answer 1

substitute y for 125,000

Answer 2

wene i do that i get the wrong answer

Answer 3

you have
x - 62,500 = 0.25(125000)
x - 62,500 = 31,250

Answer 4

can you solve for x

Answer 5

what did you get ??

Answer 6

i dont know waht to do after x-62,500=31,250

Answer 7

you add 62,500 to both sides to then you have
x - 62,500 = 31,250
+62,500 =+62,500
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x = 93,750 so that is the answer

Answer 8

ok thanks

Answer 9

yw :)