SOLUTION: The winner of an election for calss president won by a vote of 8 to 5 with 992 votes. How many votes did the loser get?

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Question 119187: The winner of an election for calss president won by a vote of 8 to 5 with 992 votes. How many votes did the loser get?
Answer by loudine(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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620 votes. I divided 992 by 8 to get the base number. THen i got 124. I then multiplied that by 5 and I got 620.