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Question 1

Coach Johnson is 10 years older than Tim. When Tim started football 3 years ago, Coach Johnson was twice his age. How old is Tim now?

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Question 2 Maya and Sally were the two finalists in a singing competition. The person with the most votes from the audience was chosen as the winner. Sally received 25% of the total votes and lost by 62,500 votes. No person in the audience was allowed to vote more than once. The equation below represents this situation, where y is the total number of votes cast and x is the number of votes Maya received.

x - 62,500 = 0.25y

If a total of 125,000 people voted, how many votes did Maya receive?

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Answer 1

Question 1:
x - Tim`s age, y - Coach Johnson`s age:
x + 10 = y
2 * ( x - 3 ) = y - 3
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2 x - 6 = x + 10 - 3
2 x - x = 7 + 6
x = 13
Tim is 13 years old.
Question 2:
x - 62,500 = 0.25 * 125,000
x - 62,500 = 31,250
x = 31,250 + 62,500
x = 93,750
Maya received 93,750 votes.