Question

In an election between two candidates,one who got 60% of the votes polled wins by a margin of 5250 votes.The number of votes polled by the defeated candidate is:(a)10500 (b)15750 (c)26250 (d) 37500​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 10500

Step-by-step explanation:

So, assume the total number of votes as x.

If the candidate won with 60% votes and the margin is 5250 then it means:

eq 1: 20% of x= 5250 (since 5250 denotes by how much he won and 60-40= 20)

by solving eq 1, we get x= 262500

out of 100% votes the lost candidate got 40% votes since the winner has 60%.

40/100 × 26250= 10500 votes