Question

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

Answer 1

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