Question

a total of 120,000 votes were cast for 2 opposing candidates, garcia and perez. If garcia won by a ratio of 5 to 3 , what was the number of votes cast for perez?

Answer 1

45000 was the number of votes for Perez

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Total Votes = 120,000

Let the votes cased for Gracia be  5x and for Perez be 3x

Let the ratio be:

5x: 3x

then the equation will be:

$5x+3x = 120000\\8x = 120000$

Dividing both sides by 8

$\frac{8x}{8} = \frac{120000}{8}\\x = 15000$

Now,

The votes for Perez will be:

$= 3x \\= 3 * 15000\\= 45000$

Hence,

45000 was the number of votes for Perez

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