Question

NEED HELP RIGHT NOW PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!Two candidates, Joe Smith and Maria Jones run for office in a local election. In all, 12,402 votes are cast and the ratio of votes for Joe Smith to Maria Jones was 4:5. How many votes did they each get?

Answer 1

Joe 5512

Maria 6890

Explanation:

Joe : Maria : total

4 5 9

We have a total of 12402

Divide this by 9

12402/9 =1378

Multiply each number by 1378

Joe : Maria : total

4*1378 5*1378 9*1378

5512 6890 12402