document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=81502>Question 81502</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many votes did each candidate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "receive? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let w = winning candidate's votes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The loser got 220 less than this, so he/she got w-220 votes.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The total number of votes is the winner's plus the loser's added together<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So :  w + (w-220) = 810<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 220 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w + w = 1030<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 515  (ie the winning candidate got 515 votes)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From this, we can then easily work out, the losing candidate must have got 295 votes.   </SPAN>\n" );
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