Question 88004
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 the loser's number of votes be "x".
The winner's number = x+220
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EQUATION:
x+x+220 = 810
2x= 590
x= 295 (loser's number of votes)
x+220= 515 (winner's number of votes)
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Cheers,
Stan H.