Question

15. In a straight contest, the loser polled 42% votes and lost by 14400 votes. Find the total
number of votes polled. If the total number of eligible voters was 1 lakh, find what
percentage of voters did not vote.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the number of votes polled be 100

Loser got the votes 42

⇒ Winner got the vote=100−42=58

The difference of the votes between loser and winner is 16

Votes polled difference

100 16

? 14400

16

100×14400

=90000

Total number of votes polled=90000

Total number of voters eligible for voting=100000

Numbers of voters who did not vote=10000

100000

10000

×100=10%