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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?
\n" ); document.write( "winner:___votes
\n" ); document.write( "loser:____votes\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1- Let x = the loser's votes.
\n" ); document.write( "2- The winning candidate has 220 more votes than the loser x+220
\n" ); document.write( "3- The winning candidate is represented by x+220 and the losing candidate is represented by x. 810 votes were cast in all x+(x+220)=810
\n" ); document.write( "4- Solve the equation for x by combining like terms
\n" ); document.write( "x+(x+220)=810
\n" ); document.write( "2x+220=810
\n" ); document.write( "5-Subtract 220 from each side
\n" ); document.write( "2x+220-220=810-220
\n" ); document.write( "2x=590
\n" ); document.write( "6- Divide each side by 2
\n" ); document.write( "2x/2=590/2
\n" ); document.write( "x=295
\n" ); document.write( "7- Earlier, I let x+220 be the winner's votes. The winner had 295+220 or 515 votes. The loser had x or 295 votes.
\n" ); document.write( "winner: 515 votes
\n" ); document.write( "loser: 295 votes
\n" ); document.write( "515+295=810 votes in all \n" ); document.write( "