Question

In an election between two candidates, a candidate who gets 40% of the total votes is defeated by 15000 votes. Find: a. the total number of votes, b. the number of votes polled to the winning candidate. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

First=40% voted

second=60%

60-40%=15000

20%=15000

first candidate=15000*40/20

=30000

second=15000*60/20

=45000

Total number of votes=75000 votes.

Winning candidate for 45000 votes.

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Answer 2

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