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In an election, the winner received 430 votes more than twice as many a
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In an election, the winner received 430 votes more than twice as many as the lower. if there was a total of 2290 votes cast, how many did each candidate receive?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Winner ------------- x votes
loser----------------y votes
x+y=2290...............(1)
x=2y+430
x-2y=430................(2)
subtract (2) from (1)
3y=1860
/3
y= 620
Loser = 620 votes
winner = 2*620+430= 1670
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