2/5 of the voters promise to vote for P and the rest promised to vote for Q. Of these, on the last day 25% of the voters went back on their promise vote for P and 15% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for Q and reversed their votes. Q lost by 44 votes. Then the total number of votes is ? Plz don't spam
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Let the total number of voters = x
Promised voters for P = 2/5 of x = 0.4 x
Promised voters for Q = 0.6 x
Numbers of voters who voted for
P = 0.75 × 0.4x + 0.15 × 0.6x
= 0.3x + 0.09x = 0.39x
Number of voters who voted for
Q = 0.85 × 0.6x + 0.25 × 0.4x
= 0.51x + 0.1x = 0.16x
Given, 0.16x – 0.39x = 44
=> 0.22x = 44
=> 44/0.22 = 4400/22 = 200.
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