Question 56337
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 recieve?
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Let number the loser had be "x"
The number the winner had was "x+220)
EQUATION:
loser votes + winner votes = all the votes
x+x+220=810
2x=590
x=295 (number of loser votes)
x+220=515 (number of winner votes)
Cheers,
Stan H.