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?

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Answer:

Joe 5512

Maria 6890

Step-by-step 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