in an election Mr Sharma won by 2170 votes. if the received 85% of the total votes polled in the election. find the total number of votes polled.
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%of votes recieved by Sharma = 85%
Margin of victory= 2170
Let the total number of votes be x
We know the other person recieved 25% of votes
Hence 25% of x = 2170
(25/100)*x = 2170
x= 2170*4
= 8680 is the total number of votes.
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Margin of victory= 2170
Let the total number of votes be x
We know the other person recieved 25% of votes
Hence 25% of x = 2170
(25/100)*x = 2170
x= 2170*4
= 8680 is the total number of votes.
Hope this helps
rajisikharwar:
wrong, 100-85%=15%
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the answer is 3100
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soppose no. of votes polled=100. votes polled in favour of Mr Sharma 85% of 100=85. votes polled in favour of the Other candidates.100-85=15. diff.. in votes polled= 85-15=70. when the diff... is 70, total votes polled = when the diff... is 2170 total votes polled 100/70×2170=3100. hence, the total number of votes polled is 3100
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