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? Do not enter comma for placeholder values.

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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? Do not enter comma for placeholder values.

anonymous · Answer

First time really on this site so I hope someone helps :D

***[isuru]*** · Answer

"If a total of 125,000 people voted"
            says y = 125 000 
then 
            x - 62,500 = 0.25y
                             = 0.25 x  125 000 
                              = 31250
                x = 62 500 + 31 250
                   = 93 750

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anonymous · Answer

Thanks!

***[isuru]*** · Answer

u r welcome !