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A candidate got 47500 votes and was defeated by his opponent by a margin of 5000.there were only two candidates and no votes were declared invalid. Find the percentage of the obtained votes by a winning candidate

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Answered by BRAINLYY
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Votes got by winning candidate = 47500 + 5000
= 52500

Votes got by losing candidate = 47500

Total no. of votes = 100000

% of votes gained by winning candidate
= 52500/100000 × 100

= 52.5 %

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Answered by arnab2261
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Losing candidate got = 47500
He lost by 5000 votes.
Thus, winning candidate got = 47500 + 5000 = 52500
Now, total no. of votes = 47500 + 52500 = 100000
Thus, percentage of votes received by the winning candidate = 52500/100000 * 100 = 52.5%
Therefore, the winning candidate got 52.5% votes.

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