a) In an election between two candidates, one candidate secured 53% of the total votes polled and won the
election by 9600 votes. Find the total number of votes polled.
Answers
Total voted polled is 160000
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
In an election between two candidates one candidate secured 53% of the total votes polled and won the election by 9600 votes
To find out:
The total number of votes polled
Solution:
Let the total number of the votes polled be X
Then the winning candidate got = 53% of X = (53/100)X = 0.53X
The losing candidate got = X - 0.53X = 0.47X votes
The candidate won by 9600 votes
Thus,
0.53X - 0.47X = 9600
0.06X = 9600
or, X = 9600/0.06
or, X = 160000
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