Question

in an election contested by two,the loser loses by a margin of 20% of the total votes polled ,which is equivalent to 20,000 votes.if only 50% of the total eligible people cast their votes,then how many people were eligible for casting their votes?

Answer 1

Answer:

Assume that the total number of people who vote during the election is $x$

It is given that $\frac{20}{100}*x=20000$

Solving for $x$ you get $x=100,000$

Now the total people who voted are only 50 percent of the total eligible voters. Therefore 50 percent of the total eligible voters = 100,000

Therefore, total number of eligible voters = 200,000

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