The answer is 75 and here's why.
Let's figure out the amount of remaining votes to prove this.
250 total votes - 150 votes for candidate a = 100 votes.
minus ↑ sign
Candidate B received 25% of the votes, so let's find<u> 25% of 100</u>
<u>100 * 0.25 = 25 votes</u>
Candidate B only got 25 votes (that's kinda sad, poor guy)
<u>100 - 25 votes = the # of votes candidate C got </u>
Candidate C got 75 votes!
Let
x---------> the length of the first piece
y---------> the length of the second piece
z---------> the length of the third piece
we know that
x+y+z=72 -------> equation 1
y=x+6 -----> solve for x
x=y-6 -------> equation 2
z=6+y -------> equation 3
substitute equation 2 and equation 3 in equation 1
[y-6]+y+[6+y]=72
3y=72
y=(72/3)=24 in
<u>Find the value of x</u>
x=y-6 -------> equation 2
x=24-6=18 in
<u>Find the value of z</u>
z=6+y -------> equation 3
z=6+24=30 in
therefore
<u>the answer is</u>
the length of the first piece is 18 in
the length of the second piece 24 in
the length of the third piece is 30 in
Add like terms
only add x's together
2x+3x=5x
we can't add x's and numbres so
answer is 5x+4
Cubic functions usually look like an S