Question

Maya and Sally were the two finalists in a singing competition. The person with the most votes from the audience was chosen as the winner. Sally received 25% of the total votes and lost by 62,500 votes. Each audience member was allowed to vote only one time. 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?

Answer 1

Sally-votes received 25%of total votes=0.25*125000=31250
Maya- votes received 31250+62500=93750