Question

in a student election, sam received 20% more votes then john.If 99 people voted for them altogether, how many votes did john receive?

Answer 1

Let's call the votes John recieved x

If Sam recieved 20% more votes than John, it means that the total votes Sam recieved are 1.20x

We know that the total amount of votes add up to 99. Thereby,

$\begin{gathered} x+1.20x=99\rightarrow2.20x=99\rightarrow x=\frac{99}{2.20} \\ \rightarrow x=45 \end{gathered}$

Thereby, John recieved 45 votes in total