3. In an election, the successful candidate registered 5,77,500 votes and his nearest
rival secured 3,48,700 votes. By what margin did the successful candidate win
the election?
Answers
✬ Votes = 2,28,800 ✬
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
- Votes that successful candidate registered is 5,77,500
- Votes secured by rival is 3,48,700
To Find:
- By how many votes successful candidate won ?
Solution: Let successful candidate won by x number of votes.
- It's a simple question of subtraction. Let's solve it.
- To get the value of x , we have to subtract the votes of rival candidate from the successful one.
➙ x = Votes (Successful – Rival) candidate
➙ x = 5,77,500 – 3,48,700
➙ x = 2, 28, 800
Hence, success candidate won the election by 2,28,800 votes.
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- If if we need to calculate the total number of votes of the election then we have to add the votes got by both the candidates. (Addition)
Given :-
In an election, the successful candidate registered 5,77,500 votes and his near est rival secured 3,48,700 votes.
To Find :-
By what margin did the successful candidate win
the election?
Solution :-
Here
The number of margin who voted for successful candidates = No. of candidates - No. of rival votes
The number of margin who voted for successful candidates = 5,77,500 - 3,48,700
The number of margin who voted for successful candidates = 2,28,800
Hence,
Number of votes for successful candidate win = 2,28,800
In words - Two lakhs twenty eight thousand eight hundred