Question

In the last election, candidate C received 15,000 fewer votes than candidate B. If a total of 109,000 votes were cast, how many votes did candidate B receive?

Answer 1

Hello, so let's break this down.

There is a total of 109,000 votes all together.

If you want to find out how much candidate B received, all you need to do is subtract 15,000 from 109,000 which would be 94,000. 

If you want to make sure that is correct, add candidate B's total votes from candidate C's total votes if it adds up to 209,000 (94,000+15,000 = 209,000).

Hope this helps! =)

Answer 2

Let x be the votes candidate B received.

x - 15,000 = 109,000
Add 15,000 to the other side
x = 124,000

Candidate B received 124,000 votes.

Hope that helped! :)