Aliwicker Aliwicker
  • 04-02-2016
  • Mathematics
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Meg received 90 votes for student council president, which were 50 less than twice the amount that Tom received

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JoshuaCho
JoshuaCho JoshuaCho
  • 04-02-2016
I set my equation like this:
[tex]90 = 2x - 50[/tex]
[tex]140 = 2x[/tex]
[tex]70 = x[/tex]
so the amount of votes Tome received equals to 70
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