Question

Meg received 90 votes for sudent council president, which was 50 less than twice the amount Tom received. How many people voted for Tom?

Answer 1

You can easily just add 90+50 here

Answer 2

logically since tom had 50 more votes than meg

you can write the equation

x-50=90

Answer 3

^^
meg had 50 less votes, so x would represent tom^