document.write( "Question 1043044: Last month, 38,860 residents of Lakewood County and 46,204 residents of Rockland County voted on Referendum A. From the two counties, a total of 63,798 residents voted yes. If the same percentage of voters in each county voted yes, how many of the residents of Lakewood County voted yes?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #658135 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"+x%2F100+\" = the fraction of voters in both
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+%28+x%2F100+%29%2A38860+%2B+%28+x%2F100+%29%2A46204+=+63798+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%28+x%2F100+%29%2A%28+38860+%2B+46204+%29+=+63798+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+x%2A85064+=+63798+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+x%2F100+=+63798%2F85064+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+x%2F100+=+.75+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+x+=+75+\"
\n" ); document.write( "75% of both counties votes yes
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\n" ); document.write( "\"++.75%2A38860+=+29145+\"
\n" ); document.write( "The answer is (C)
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