At an election where there are 2 candidates only, the candidate who gets 43 percent of the votes is rejected by a majority of 420 votes. Find the total number of votes recorded.
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Let the total votes be 100%
Let total number of votes = x votes
Candidate gets rejected by 420 votes, i.e., Candidate got 420 votes less than other candidate. Then the difference between the votes of both candidates gives us 420.
candidate 1= 43%
candidate 2= 100%-42%= 57%
candidate 2 - candidate 1 = 57% - 43% = 14%
14% ---> 420 votes, then
100 ---> x
By cross multiplication,
14% * x = 420 * 100
==> x = (420 * 100) / 14
==> x = 3000 votes
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