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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Question 102925: 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?

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the winning candidate be
and the loser
given: the winning candidate had more votes than the loser =>


then




=> = >
check:


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