George and ben are the only competitors in the election.ben gets 52% of the votes and wims by majority of 1440 votes.what is the total no of votes cast in an election?
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Total number of votes cast is 36000
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the total number of votes polled be 'x'
It is given that Ben gets 52% of the votes and is elected by a majority of 1440 votes.
Then the number of votes in favour of the candidate is,
52% of x=52x/100
The number of votes got by the losing candidate is
= x−52x/100=48x/100
Now the number of extra votes in favour of winning candiate is= 52x/100−48x/100=4x/100
This implies that, 4x/100=1440
x=1440×100/4
x=360 x 100
x=36000
Therefore the total number of votes cast is 36000.
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