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07-11-2017
Mathematics

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In the last election, candidate B received twice as many votes as candidate A. Candidate C received 15,000 fewer votes than candidate A. If a total of 109,000 votes were cast, how many votes did candidate B receive?

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treyskimoreor365d treyskimoreor365d

07-11-2017

put in terms of a
b=2a
a=a
c=a-15000
2a+a+a-15000=109000
2a+a+a=124000
4a=124000
a=31000
Candidate B received 62000 votes

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