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?

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?

anonymous · Answer

The question asks that you represent y to be the total number of votes, which it states as 125,000. Then, it also states that x is the number of votes Maya received, and we need to find that number, so we must solve for x.

Considering y=125,000
x - 62,500 = 0.25 x 125,000
x - 62,500 = 31250
x = 93750.
Therefore Maya received 93,700 votes.

anonymous · Answer

The x between 0.25 and 125,000 is meant to be a multiplication sign, sorry

anonymous · Answer

So Maya received a total of 93,700 votes? And that is the final answer?

anonymous · Answer

Yes, I believe so. Sorry for taking so long to reply.