in a recent head - to - head run - off election , 12,000 absentee ballets were cast . 1 / 2 of the absentee ballets were thrown out and 1 / 2 of the remaining absentee ballets were cast for candidate a . how many absentee votes did candidate b receive ?
"1 / 2 * 1 / 2 ( total absentee votes ) = 1 / 4 ( total votes ) = 1 / 4 * 12000 = 3000 answer is b"
multiply(divide(divide(subtract(subtract(multiply(multiply(const_3, const_4), const_1000), multiply(multiply(multiply(1, const_4), const_1000), divide(1, 2))), multiply(subtract(multiply(multiply(1, const_4), const_1000), multiply(multiply(multiply(1, const_4), const_1000), divide(1, 2))), divide(1, 2))), const_1000), const_4), 1)