Question

in an election there were only two candidates the winner polled 53% votes and won by 9600 votes find the total number of votes polled

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

let total no.of votes polled be x

53x/100 - 47x/100 = 9600

53x-47x = 960000

6x = 960000

x = 960000/6

x = 160000

therefore,total no.of votes polled = 160000