Question

In an election, the winning candidate got 320000 votes which represented 40% of the
votes. His only opponent got 24% of the total votes. Find the number of total votes and
number of persons who did not vote



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Answer 1

let 100 % of votes be ' x '  

winning candidate got 40 % of the total votes

40% of total votes = 32,0000  

40 % = 32,0000

100 % = x  

by cross multiplication , we get  

x × 40 = 32,0000 × 100

x = 3,20,0000 / 4

= 80 ,0000x

= 80, 0000 ( total votes )

his opponent got 24 % of the total votes = 80,0000 × 24 / 100

= 8,000 × 24

=19,2000 person who did not vote= 80, 0000 - 32,0000 - 19,2000=80,0000 - 51, 2000

= 28, 8000

therefore , total votes = 80,0000

candidates who did not vote=28,8000

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