SOLUTION: Last month, 38,860 residents of Lakewood County and 46,204 residents of Rockland County voted on Referendum A. From the two counties, a total of 63,798 residents voted yes. If t

Question 1043044: Last month, 38,860 residents of Lakewood County and 46,204 residents of Rockland County voted on Referendum A. From the two counties, a total of 63,798 residents voted yes. If the same percentage of voters in each county voted yes, how many of the residents of Lakewood County voted yes?
A) 17594 B) 24,938 C) 29,145 D) 34,653
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the fraction of voters in both
counties who voted yes

75% of both counties votes yes
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The answer is (C)
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