Question

A newspaper reported that candidate williams received 13,500 more votes that her opponebt ms. Smith, and that 42,310 votes were cast in the election. How many votes were cast for each candidate?

Answer 1

$42310 - 13500 = 28810$

Now

$28810 - 13500 = 15310$

So William's received 28810 votes whereas Smith received 15310 votes

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Answer 2

Answer:

let the voted got by ms Smith be x

then x+13500 = of Williams.

hence x+x+13500 = 42310

then 2x = 42310-13500 = 28810

hence x = 14405 votes to Smith and

14405+13500 = 27905 answer