in a straight contest the loser polled 42% votes and lost by 14400 votes. the total no. of votes is to be found. also find that if total no. of eligible voters was 1 lakh. find percentage of of voters that did not vote
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Answer: 90,000 votes
10% did not vote.
Step-by-step explanation:
Loss% = (100-42)% - 42 = (58 - 42)%
= 16%
Total votes = 100/16 * 14400
= 90,000
No. of non-voters = 1,00,000 - 90,000
= 10,000
% = 100000/10000
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