Question

in an election contested by mahesh and suresh mahesh is 40 percent if the total vote is 40,000.find suresh votes​

Answer 1

Here ,an election is contested by Mahesh and Suresh

The total no. of votes is 40,000 , it is 100% .

here given that Mahesh got 40% vote

so value of Mahesh vote is

= 40/100×40000 = 1600 votes

such that Mahesh got 1600 votes , by this we can find the no. of votes got by Suresh.

= total votes - Mahesh votes =

40,000 - 16,000= 24,000 .

so , the no. of votes got by Suresh is 24,000.

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