Question

In a election two candidates participated . A candidate secured 60% of valid votes and its elected byva majority of 400 votes find the total numbetvof valid votes?​

Answer 1

Answer:

60÷100×400 = 240 are valid votes.

Answer 2

Solution:

Let the total number of valid votes be 'x'.

It is given that:

Winning candidate got,

$\implies$ (60% of x) votes

Losing candidate got,

$\implies$ (40% of x) votes

So:

(60% of x) - (40% of x) = 400

$\implies$ 60x/100 - 40x/100 = 400

$\implies$ 20x/100 = 400

That is:

$\implies$ x = (400×100)/20

$\implies$ x = 40000/20

$\implies$ x = 2000

Hence,

The total number of valid votes 2000.

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Answered by: Niki Swar, Goa❤️