In an election, 20,000 voters were listed. Out of them 80% cast their votes. The winning candidate got 23% of the cast votes. If he got 680 votes more than his rival candidate, find the percentage of thecast votes the rival candidate got.
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One candidate's votes is 82%
Another. Candidate’s votes 100- 82 = 18 %
Let the total number of votes be ‘x'
First candidate's votes would be 82*x/100
Another candidate' s votes = 18x/100
The difference of votes = 576
82*x/100 - 18x/100 = 576
(82x-18x)/100 = 576
64x/100 = 576
64x= 576*100 ( multiplying both sides by 100)
x= 576*100/64 ( dividing both sides by 64)
x= 9*100
x= 900
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