WILL MEDAL AND FAN
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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WILL MEDAL AND FAN
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

@mathstudent55

kropot72 · Answer

The question has given you the value of y in the last sentence. Just plug the value of y into the given equation and solve for the value of x.

anonymous · Answer

i did that IDK where I went wrong though

kropot72 · Answer

You need to solve the following equation:
$$\large x-62,500=0.25\times125,000\ .......(1)$$

anonymous · Answer

I have no idea how to do that.

anonymous · Answer

@kropot72

kropot72 · Answer

The first step in solving equation (1) is to multiply out the right hand side. What do you get when you do that?

anonymous · Answer

31250

kropot72 · Answer

Correct. So now we have:
x - 62,500 = 31,250 ..............(2)
Finally, to find the value of x just add 62,500 to both sides of equation (2).

kropot72 · Answer

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