Question

in an election, there were only two candidates, The winner polled 63% votes and won by 5200 votes, Find the total number of votes polled.

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Answer 1

Answer :

The total number of votes were 8254

Step by step explanation :

Given :

• There were two parties / candidates in an election
• The winner polled 63% votes and won by 5200 votes

To find :

• Total number of votes polled

Solution :

Let us assume the total number of votes polled as x

According to the question we have ,

• 63% of x = 5200

• $\sf\dfrac{63}{100}\:\times\:x\:=\:5200$

• x = $\sf\dfrac{100}{63}\:\times\:5200$

• x = $\sf\dfrac{520000}{63}$

• x = 8253.96

As the number of people can't be in decimals we can take the total number of votes polled as 8254 approximately .