Question

there were 4 people running for president of town board in Riverview. The winner received 18 more votes than 1 candidate, 29 more votes than a 2nd candidate and 51 more votes than the candidate that came in last. If 1450 people voted, how many votes did the winning candidate receive?

Answer 1

Add the other candidates numbers of votes.
Candidate 1: 18
Candidate 2: 19
Candidate 3: 51
= 88 votes

Take the total of votes (1450) minus the votes we have added up! (88)

1450 - 88 = 1,362

Winning Candidate had 1,362 more winning votes.