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The Howard County Chili Cook-Off ranks cooks to determine a winner. First place votes get 5 points, second place votes get 4 points, third place votes get 2 points and fourth place votes get 1 point. The winner of the cook-off received 342 points. If Johnny was 31 points behind the winner and he received 40 first place votes, 5 third place votes and 1 fourth place vote, how many second place votes did he get?

User Bobbi
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Answer:

25 second place votes

Explanation:

342-31=311

first 40x5=200

third 5x2=10

forth 1x1=1

200+10+1=211

311-211=100

100/4(second)

25 second place votes

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