SOLUTION: Brad and Alice were both running for student government president. One hundred twenty-eight students voted in the election. The ratio of the number of votes for Alice to the number

Question 1018896: Brad and Alice were both running for student government president. One hundred twenty-eight students voted in the election. The ratio of the number of votes for Alice to the number of votes for Brad was 5 to 3. Based on the ratio how many students voted for each candidate?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Alice/Brad =
Alice/total of students =
Let = number of votes for Alice

Multiply both sides by

Let = number of votes for Brad

Multiply both sides by

80 voted for Alice
48 voted for Brad
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check:

OK
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