Two people ran in a city election. The winner received one more than three times as many votes as the runner-up let W represent the number of votes. The winner received let act represent the number of votes runner up, received the number of votes. The runner up received is known
as W/3.
Therefore, the total number of votes in the election is W + W/3.
Since the winner received one more than three times as many votes as the runner-up, we have:
W = 3(W/3) + 1
W = 3W/3 + 1
W = W + 1
This implies that the winner received W votes and the runner-up received W/3 votes.
Therefore, the total number of votes in the election is W + W/3 = W + W/3 = W(1 + 1/3) = 4W/3.