SOLUTION: A total of 96 students vote on two choices for a Field trip. The zoo gets 2 times as many votes as the radio station. How many votes did the zoo get?

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Question 1076683: A total of 96 students vote on two choices for a Field trip. The zoo gets 2 times as many votes as the radio station. How many votes did the zoo get?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let's the number of votes the radio station gets be x
if the zoo gets 2+times as many votes as the radio station, we know that the zoo gets 2x

if a total of 96 students vote, we have
x%2B2x=96 ..............solve for x
3x=96
x=96%2F3
x=32=>the number of votes the radio station gets
and, the zoo gets 2x=2%2A32=64 votes