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Question 71130: In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were castmin all, how many votes did each candidate receive? Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x=number of votes for the loser
Then 220+x=number of votes for the winner
Loser votes+winner votes=total votes, So:
x+220+x=810 subtract 220 from both sides
x+220-220+x=810-220 collect like terms
2x=590 divide both sides by 2
x=295---------------------------number of votes for loser
220+x=220+295=515---------------number of votes for winner
