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23 December, 08:05

Aya 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.

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  1. 23 December, 08:11
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    125000 people voted and each voted once, so y=125000.

    x-62500=0.25X125000

    x-62500=31250

    x=31250+62500

    x=93750

    Maya received 93750 votes.
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