Question

our class voted for treasurer.there are 20 students.after voting billy received 3 times more votes then keeton.how many votes did billy receive?​

Answer 1

Votes received by Billy =15

Explanation:

Given:

Total students in the class = 20

Billy receives 3 times more vote than Keeton.

To find the number of votes Billy receives.

Solution:

Let number of votes Keeton gets
`=x`

∴ Billy received
`=3x` votes

Expression for total votes can be given by ⇒
`x+3x`

Total votes =20 as number of students is 20.

So, the equation to find
`x` is:

`x+3x=20`

Solving for
`x`

⇒
`4x=20`

Dividing both sides by 4.

`(4x)/(4)=(20)/(4)`

∴
`x=5`

∴ Votes received by Keeton = 5

Votes received by Billy =
`3* 5` = 15