Question

In an election, the votes cast for two of the candidates were in the ratio 5:7. If the
successful candidates received 20734 votes, how many votes did his opponents
receive?

Answer 1

Answer:

the number of votes received by opponent candidate 14810 votes

Answer 2

Given that, in an election, the votes cast for two of the candidates were in the ratio 5:7.

Let the number of votes cast for the candidates be 5x and 7x.

Successful candidate means one who won the elections i.e one with higher votes.

So, According to question, 7x=20734

x = 20734 / 7 = 2962

Number of votes received by opponent candidate = 5x=5×2962=14810 votes