SOLUTION: In an election, one of the two candidates received 65% of the votes and got 1500 votes more than the other candidate. How many people voted?
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Question 1097927: In an election, one of the two candidates received 65% of the votes and got 1500 votes more than the other candidate. How many people voted?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if one candidate got 65% the other got 35%
so the first got 30% more
.3v=1500
3v=15000
v=5000 voters
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