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

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Question 47904: In a town election with two candidates, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were case in all, how many votes did each candidate receive?
Answer by 1980.vikas(7) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the loser get x no. of votes, then the winner gets (x + 220) votes.
Now as the total no of votes is 810, then
=> x + (x + 220) = 810
=> 2x + 220 = 810
=> 2x = 590
=> x = 295
so the loser get 295 votes while the winner gets 515 votes.