In an election,the winning candidate received 31488 votes which represented 48% of the electorate.The only other candidate received votes which formed 22% of the electorate.calculate a) the number of electorate and b) the number of people who did not oast their vote.
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number of voters are 131200
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Let the number of electorate be x
a) x of 48% = 31488
48x = 3148800
x = 3148800÷48 = 65600
b) other candidate = 65600 of 22%
65600 × 22/100 = 14432
people who didn't vote = 65600 - 45920
=19680
a) x of 48% = 31488
48x = 3148800
x = 3148800÷48 = 65600
b) other candidate = 65600 of 22%
65600 × 22/100 = 14432
people who didn't vote = 65600 - 45920
=19680
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