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Ray Of Light [21]
4 years ago
12

Maya and Sally were the two finalists in a singing competition. The person with the most votes from the audience was chosen as t

he winner. Sally received 25% of the total votes and lost by 62,500 votes. No person in the audience was allowed to vote more than once. The equation below represents this situation, where y is the total number of votes cast and x is the number of votes Maya received:
x − 62,500 = 0.25y

If a total of 125,000 people voted, how many votes did Maya receive? Do not enter comma for placeholder values.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Alex787 [66]4 years ago
5 0

x-62500=0.25y

x-62500=31250

x=93750

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