Our class voted for treasurer. there are 20 students. after voting billy received 3 times more votes then keeton. how many votes did billy receive?

Votes received by Billy =15

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total students in the class = 20

Billy receives 3 times more vote than Keeton.

To find the number of votes Billy receives.

Solution:

Let number of votes Keeton gets

∴ Billy received votes

Expression for total votes can be given by ⇒

Total votes =20 as number of students is 20.

So, the equation to find is:

Solving for  

⇒

Dividing both sides by 4.

∴

∴ Votes received by Keeton = 5

Votes received by Billy = = 15

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