in a straight contest the loser polled 42% and lost by 14400 votes. find the total number of votes polled, if total number of voters was 1 lakh, find what percentage of voters did not vote
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Let the number of votes polled be 100
Loser got the votes 42
⇒ Winner got the vote=100−42=58
The difference of the votes between loser and winner is 16
Votes polled difference
100 16
? 14400
16
100×14400
=90000
Total number of votes polled=90000
Total number of voters eligible for voting=100000
Numbers of voters who did not vote=10000
100000
10000
×100=10%
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