Question

In an election between two candidates in a city .Winning candidate gets 58% vote and wins by 4800 votes.Find the number of total voters in the city

Answer 1

Let the total number of voters be x.

Then,
Percentage by which candidate won =
58% of total vote
=58/100 × x
= 58x/100

And,
No of votes by which candidate won =
4800

Then, According to the question,

Percentage by which candidate won = No of votes by which candidate won

Putting the values,

$\frac{58x}{100} = 4800$
$58x = 4800 \times 100$
$58x = 480000$
$x = \frac{480000}{58}$
$x = 8275$
Therefore, total number of voters is 8275.
That's your answer.

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