SOLUTION: In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many votes did each candidate receive?

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: In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many votes did each candidate receive? This question is from textbook

Answer by uma(370) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the losing candidate receive x votes.
Then the winning candidate receives = x + 220
Total votes cast = 810
==> x + x + 220 = 810
==> 2x + 220 = 810
==> 2x + 220 - 220 = 810 - 220
==> 2x = 590
==> 2x/2 = 590/2
==> x = 295
The loser had 295 votes and the winner had = 295 + 220 = 515 votes.
Good Luck!!!
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