Question

In an election the winning candidate got 320000 votes which represented 40percent of the total votes his only opponent got 24percent of the total votes find the number of total votes and the number of persons who did not vote

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 ,0000

x = 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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Your Answer : 80,0000 and 28,8000
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