Question

In a certain city, 60 percent of the registered voters arecongress supporters and the rest are bjp supporters. Inan assembly election, if 75 percent of the registeredcongress supporters and 20 percent of the registeredbjp supporters are expected to vote for candidate a,what percent of the registered voters are expected tovote for candidate a ?

Answer 1

60% (Congress supporters)

40% (BJP supporters)

Voter's expected to vote for candidate a:

75% of Congress supporters= 45%

20% of BJP supporters= 8%

45%+8%=53%

Answer 53%

Answer 2

Answer: There is 53% of the registered voters are expected to vote.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Percentage of registered voters are Congress supporters = 60%

Percentage of registered voters are BJP supporters = 40%

Percentage of registered voters of congress supporters are expected to vote = 75%

Percentage of registered voters of BJP supporters are expected to vote = 20%

So, Total percentage of registered voters are expected to vote for candidate is given by

$0.60\times 0.75+0.40\times 0.20\\\\=0.45+0.08\\\\=0.53\\\\=53\%$

Hence, there is 53% of the registered voters are expected to vote.