in an election between two candidates 25percent voters did not cast their votes.A candidate scored 40percent of the votes polled and was defeated by900 votes.Find the total number of voters
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Let the total voters be x
polled voters=0.75x
winning candidates vote=0.6*0.75x=0.45x
losing candidate votes=0.4*0.75x=0.3x
0.45x-0.3x=900
0.15x=900
x=6000
polled voters=0.75x
winning candidates vote=0.6*0.75x=0.45x
losing candidate votes=0.4*0.75x=0.3x
0.45x-0.3x=900
0.15x=900
x=6000
pankajsingh1:
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