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. 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.
125000 people voted and each voted once, so y=125000.
\(x-62500=0.25 \times 125000 \\
x-62500=31250 \\
x=31250+62500 \\
x=93750\)
Maya received 93750 votes.
Answer:
Maya received 93750 votes.
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