Question

In an election, the candidate scoring 45% of votes lost by 120 votes. Find the total number of votes polled.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The total number of votes polled is 1200.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Candidate with 45% votes lost by 120 votes.

Thus, 55/100x = 45/100x + 120

On simplifying:

10x = 12000

x = 1200.

You will get 55/100x as 660,

and 45/100x as 540.

The answer holds true for the margin by which the vandidate lost the election. (That is: by 120 votes).

Thus, total number of votes = 660+540

                                              = 1200//

Answer 2

Answer:

Hope it help

Step-by-step explanation:

If losing candidate scored 47% of the votes, the winning candidate won 100−47=53% of the votes. Let the total votes be V. Given, 100. 53. V− 100. 47. V=12,366 => 100. 6. V=12,366. V=2,06,100. So total votes =2,06,100