in an election, there were three candidate. 3/7 of the voters voted for the winner. The runner up received 5/8 of the remaining votes. (a)What fraction of the voters voted for the third candidate? (b)If the winner received 3021 votes more than the runner up, how many voters voted?

Answer 1

4/7 did not vote for the winner
... 5/8 of these voted for the runner up
... runner up's portion ... 4/7 * 5/8 = ?

3rd candidate ... 1 - winner - runner up = 1 - 3/7 - runner up = ?

v (3/7 - runner up) = 3021 ... v = ?