Problema Solution
Tim and Scott were two finalists in a competition. The person with the most votes was chosen the winner. scott received 25% of the votes and lost by 62,500 votes. only one vote per person. the equation below represents this situation, where y is the total number of votes cast and x is the numberof votes tim received.
x-62,500=0.25y
if a total of 125,000 people voted, how many votes did tim receive?
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x-62,500=0.25y
where y is the total number of votes cast
x is the number of votes Tim received
total of 125,000 people voted follows y = 125000, lets substitute this value for y in the equation above
x-62,500=0.25*125000
we need to find x, that is the number of votes Tim received
x-62,500=0.25*125000
x = 0.25*125000 + 62500
x = 93,750 votes
Time received 93,750 votes.