SOLUTION: In a group of 38, an election was held from captain.There were two candiates. If Alex beat Chris by 14 votes, then the number of votes that colin got was...

Question 613992: In a group of 38, an election was held from captain.There were two candiates. If Alex beat Chris by 14 votes, then the number of votes that colin got was...
Answer by mathslover(157) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
>>If Alex beat Chris by 14 votes, then the number of votes that colin got was
Probably you meant the number of votes Chris got and not Colin...
Assumption : everyone voted.
Assume Chris got x votes,
Since Alex beat Chris by 14 votes, which means he got 14 votes more
ie x+14

Total votes= total number of people
x+x+14=38
=>2x+14=38
=>2x=24
=>x=12
Chris got 12 votes and alex got 26 votes (12+14)
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