SOLUTION: please help. Anita won the class election by a margin of 5 to 3.she received 355 votes .How many votes did the other candidates get? thanks for the help.
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Question 141328: please help. Anita won the class election by a margin of 5 to 3.she received 355 votes .How many votes did the other candidates get? thanks for the help. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Anita won the class election by a margin of 5 to 3.she received 355 votes .How many votes did the other candidates get?
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5 to 3 is the same as 5x to 3x where Anita's total is 5x.
EQUATION:
5x+3x = 355
8x = 355
x is 44.3754
So 5x = 221.875
Rounding down you get 221 votes for Anita.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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