Question

10. In the 2013 lok sabha election, two candidates, x and y, contested from delhi. A secured 64% of the votes and won 84000 votes. Find the total number of votes if 20% of votes polled were invalid.

Answer 1

Answer:

64/100*x=84000

than x=131250

but 20percent votes were invalid

so, 20/100*131250=26250

so total votes were131250-26250=105000