Votes received by Wayne is 112
Solution:
To find: votes received by Wayne
Let the vote received by Wayne be "x"
Juan received 4 times as many votes as Wayne
Therefore,
Juan votes = 4 times as many votes as Wayne
Juan votes = 4x ---- eqn 1
Neal received twenty less votes than Juan
Neal votes = twenty less votes than Juan
Neal votes = Juan votes - 20
Neal votes = 4x - 20 ---- eqn 2
Kerry got half as many votes as Neal
Kerry votes = half of neal votes
Kerry votes = [tex]\frac{4x - 20}{2}[/tex] ---- eqn 3
The total votes cast in the election was 1,202
Wayne votes + Juan votes + Neal votes + Kerry votes = 1202
Plug in eqn 1 , eqn 2, eqn 3
[tex]x + 4x + 4x - 20 + \frac{(4x - 20)}{2} = 1202\\\\2x + 8x + 8x - 40 + 4x - 20 = 1202 \times 2\\\\22x - 60 = 2404\\\\22x = 2404 + 60\\\\22x = 2464\\\\x = 112[/tex]
Therefore votes received by Wayne is 112
