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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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

heres the rest of the 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.

ganeshie8 · Answer

$$\large \rm  x - 62,500 = 0.25y$$

plugin $\large \rm y = 125,000$ and solve  $\large \rm x$

anonymous · Answer

thx!

ganeshie8 · Answer

are you sure you can work the rest ?

anonymous · Answer

no not really its hard can you help me..

ganeshie8 · Answer

$$\large \rm  x - 62,500 = 0.25y$$

you're given a total of 125,000 ppl have voted so plugin y = 125,000 :

$$\large \rm  x - 62,500 = 0.25(125,000)$$

ganeshie8 · Answer

do u have calculator ?

anonymous · Answer

oh no my bad..