Problem: of the votes cast on a certain proposal , 62 more were in favor of the proposal than were against it . if the number of votes against the proposal was 40 percent of the total vote , what was the total number of votes cast ? ( each vote cast was either in favor of the proposal or against it . )
Rationale: let x be the total number of votes cast . 0.6 x = 0.4 x + 62 0.2 x = 62 x = 310 the answer is d .
annotated_formula: divide(62, subtract(subtract(const_1, divide(40, const_100)), divide(40, const_100)))