SOLUTION: in an election of a student union adam and bob were the only candidates adam received 58% of vote cast and he has exactly 400 votes more than bob find total number of votes ?

Question 995411: in an election of a student union adam and bob were the only candidates adam received 58% of vote cast and he has exactly 400 votes more than bob find total number of votes ?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in an election of a student union adam and bob were the only candidates adam received 58% of vote cast and he has exactly 400 votes more than bob find total number of votes ?
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# of Bob votes: x
# of Adam votes x+400
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Equation:
x+400 = 0.58(x + x+400)
x+400 = 0.58(2x+400)
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x + 400 = 1.16x + 232
0.16x = 168
x = 1050
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x+400 = 1450
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Ans: total # of votes = 2500
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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