Respuesta :
180 students voted for blue and 60 students voted for green
Solution:
Let "x" be the total number of votes
From given,
[tex]\frac{5}{8}[/tex] of the votes were for blue
[tex]Blue\ votes = \frac{5}{8}x[/tex]
Therefore,
[tex]Remaining = 1 - \frac{5}{8}x = \frac{8x-5x}{8} = \frac{3x}{8}[/tex]
Given that,
5/9 Â of the remaining students voted for green
So we get,
[tex]Green\ votes = \frac{3x}{8} \times \frac{5}{9} = \frac{5x}{24}[/tex]
[tex]Green\ votes = \frac{5x}{24}[/tex]
So we have now accounted for 5/8 (blue) + 5/24 (green) of the votes
Therefore,
[tex]Remaining = 1-(\frac{5x}{8} + \frac{5x}{24}) = 1 -(\frac{15x+5x}{24})= 1 -\frac{20x}{24} = \frac{24x-20x}{24}\\\\Remaining = \frac{4x}{24}\\\\Remaining = \frac{1x}{6}[/tex]
48 students voted for red
Therefore, remaining 1/6 votes for 48
Let "x" be the total number of votes
Then we can say,
1/6 of "x" is equal to 48
[tex]\frac{1}{6} \times x = 48\\\\x = 48 \times 6\\\\x = 288[/tex]
Number of votes for Blue:
[tex]Blue\ votes = \frac{5}{8} \times x = \frac{5}{8} \times 288\\\\Blue\ votes = 180[/tex]
Number of Green votes:
[tex]Green\ votes = \frac{5}{24} \times x = \frac{5}{24} \times 288\\\\Green\ votes = 60[/tex]
Thus 180 students voted for blue and 60 students voted for green
