in an election between two candidates, candidate who gets 40% of the total votes defeated by 15000 votes. find:a.the total number of votes,b. the number of votes polled by the winning candidate.
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let total no of vote=x
according to the question candidate who got 40% vote,defeated by 15000 votes
that means(no of votes of winner-no of votes for losser=15000)
((60*x)/100)-(40*x)/100)=15000
after solving we got x=75000
no of vote polled by winning candidate=((3*75000)/5)=45000
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