An election contested by two candidates a candidate got 70% of the total votes and won the election by a majority of 16000 votes. Find the total number of votes.
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Vote percentage of the winning candidate =70%
Number of majoroty votes the first candidate had =16000
Vote percentage of the loosing candidate=30%
Let the total number of votes be x
=>70% of x-30% of x=16000
=>70x/100-30x/100=16000
=>40x/100=16000
=>x=16000×100/40
=>x=40000
Total number of votes=40000.(ans)
Number of majoroty votes the first candidate had =16000
Vote percentage of the loosing candidate=30%
Let the total number of votes be x
=>70% of x-30% of x=16000
=>70x/100-30x/100=16000
=>40x/100=16000
=>x=16000×100/40
=>x=40000
Total number of votes=40000.(ans)
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