Question

h fa an election, there are two candidates, Kiran and Manan. Kiran got 22% votes less than Manan got. If Kiran lost by 5,280 votes, what was the total number of votes cast? How many votes did each candidate get?​

Answer 1

Answer:

let total number of votes were x

one got 62% of x

since only two candidates were there, so other got 38% of x

.62x−.38x=144

0.24x=144

x=600