Based on the Census, state A has 17 fewer electoral votes for president than state B. If the total number of electoral votes for these two states is 83, find the number for each state.1. Understand the problem. Reread it as many times as needed.Let x represent the number of electoral votes in state B.Then ? represents the number of electoral votes for state A.

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Based on the​ Census, state A has 17 fewer electoral votes for president than state B. If the total number of electoral votes for these two states is 83​, find the number for each state.1. Understand the problem. Reread it as many times as needed.Let x represent the number of electoral votes in state B.Then ? represents the number of electoral votes for state A.

tykoyz · Accepted Answer

Let x represent the number of electoral votes in state B.Then (x-17) represent the number of electoral votes for state A.Now, total number of votes = 83  x  +  x  −  17  =  83    2  x  =  100    x  =  50No. of votes for state A=33No. of votes for state B=50