Question

riverside elementary schools is holding a school wide election to choose a school color. 5/8 of the votes were for blue, 5/9 of the remaining votes were for green and the remaining 48 votes were for red. how many coter were for blue

Answer 1

`(5)/(8)x+(5)/(9)(x-(5)/(8)x)+48=x\\(5)/(9)((3)/(8)x)+48=(3)/(8)x\\(5)/(24)x+48=(9)/(24)x\\48=(4)/(24)x\\288=x\\\\(5)/(8)(288)\\180`

180 votes were for blue.