after a school election, Jamie had 3/8 of the votes Richard the only other candidate had 75 votes how many people voted for jaime

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15 January, 01:31

after a school election, Jamie had 3/8 of the votes Richard the only other candidate had 75 votes how many people voted for jaime

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Sharon Long · Answer 1

Jamie and Richard are the only contestants of the election.

Jamie got 3/8 of the total votes.

Richard got = 1 - 3/8 = (8-3) / 8 = 5/8 of total votes

Number of votes Richard got = 75

So 5/8 of total votes = 75

Total votes = 75 : 5/8 = 75 * 8/5 = 120

Jamie got = 120 - 75 = 45 Votes