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In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many votes did each cand
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In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many votes did each candidate receive? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many votes did each candidate receive?
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Let the loser number be "x"; then the winner had x+220 votes
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EQUATION:
x + x+220 = 810
2x = 590
x = 295 (loser number of votes)
x+220 = 515 (winner number of votes)
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Stan H.
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