in an election there were only two candidates the winning candidate got 48 percent of the total votes his opponent got 6800 votes which represented 34 percent of the total votes .Find
(a) The no of votes polled
(b) the winning margin
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Let x be the total votes.
34x/100=6800
x=20000
Therefore,total votes=20000
winning margin=48x/100
=(48*20000)100
=9600
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16400 totals vote polled margin is 2800
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