in a recent head - to - head run - off election , 15,000 absentee ballets were cast . 1 / 5 of the absentee ballets were thrown out and 1 / 4 of the remaining absentee ballets were cast for candidate a . how many absentee votes did candidate b receive ?
"4 / 5 * 3 / 4 ( total absentee votes ) = 3 / 5 ( total votes ) = 3 / 5 * 15000 = 9000 answer is e"
multiply(divide(divide(subtract(subtract(multiply(multiply(1, const_4), const_1000), multiply(multiply(multiply(1, const_4), const_1000), divide(1, 5))), multiply(subtract(multiply(multiply(1, const_4), const_1000), multiply(multiply(multiply(1, const_4), const_1000), divide(1, 5))), divide(1, 4))), const_1000), const_4), 1)