in a recent head - to - head run - off election , 12000 absentee ballets were cast . 1 / 6 of the absentee ballets were thrown out and 3 / 5 of the remaining absentee ballets were cast for candidate a . how many absentee votes did candidate b receive ?
5 / 6 * 2 / 5 ( total absentee votes ) = 1 / 3 ( total votes ) = 1 / 3 * 12000 = 4000 answer is c
subtract(divide(subtract(multiply(divide(multiply(divide(12000, 6), 5), 5), 3), divide(multiply(divide(12000, 6), 5), 5)), const_1000), 1)