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. 

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anonymous · Answer

sally recieved 25% of total votes total votes =125000
so y=125000*25/100
  y=31250
so total -y=x =93750

anonymous · Answer

As the number of pages in a photo book increases, the price of the book also increases. There is an additional shipping charge of 15%. The price of a book can be modeled by the equation below, where P = the price of the book, 20 is the printing charge, 0.5 is the charge per page, and x = the number of pages. :

P = (20 + 0.5x) + 0.15(20 + 0.5x)

Jennifer wants to purchase a book but only has $62.10 to spend. What is the maximum number of pages she can have in her book?

x = ______________________ pages

anonymous · Answer

can you help

anonymous · Answer

yes hold on

anonymous · Answer

his time you have to plug in the 62.10 to the P and solve for x.  Let me see if I can help.  I know that the new equation is now
62.10=(20+0.5x)+0.15(20+0.5x)
so, x would equal 68, the number of pages then

anonymous · Answer

one more pretty plz

anonymous · Answer

The cost of coffee is determined by the type of coffee beans that are mixed together. The cost of a local mix of Arabica and Robusta beans is modeled by the equation below, where A = the pounds of Arabica and R = pounds of Robusta. :

700A + 1200R = 1,000,000

If a mixture contains 1000 pounds of Arabica beans, how many pounds of Robusta beans should be in the mixture?

R = ________________ pounds

anonymous · Answer

ok hold on

anonymous · Answer

then it says A=1000 so now the equation is 
700×1000+1200R=1,000,000
 or 
700,000+1200R=1,000,000
 which i would solve in two steps
1) subtract 7000,000 to get 
1200R=300,000
 
2) then divide by 1200 to get 
R=250