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. :

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.

Answer 1

@Teddyiswatshecallsme

Answer 2

@David27

Answer 3

first you would place 125,000 into the y spot

Answer 4

is given to you = 125,000

Solve for x by plugging in y:

x - 62,500 = 0.25(125,000)
x - 62,500 = 31,250
x = 93,750 = Number of votes Maya received

Answer 5

wow ok nvm

Answer 6

lol thnx guys :)

Answer 7

didnt help much

Answer 8

your welcome

Answer 9

you wer going to tho :)

Answer 10

sorry i wasnt quick enough

Answer 11

its ok :)

Answer 12

david helped :)

Answer 13

Either i'm dumb as hell or i haven't learned this stuff. Or both.
Probably both.

Answer 14

hahahah its ok lol

Answer 15

I don't know why you're tagging me if David is so proficient in this stuff. It seems like he has this stuff on lock.