Question

In an elections there were two candidates. One who got 30% of the votes polled was defeated by 16000 votes. Calculate the total number of votes polled

Answer 1

Answer

Let the total number of vote polled = x

the losing candidate has got 30% of votes

the winning candidate has got 100% - 30% = 70%

difference between the votes obtained by winning candidate and votes obtained by losing candidate is 16000

Therefore,

70% 0f x-30% of x = 16000

\frac{70}{100} \times x - \frac{30}{100} \times x = 16000  

0.7 \times x - 0.4 \times x = 16000  

0.4 \times x = 16000  

x=\frac{16000}{0.4}=40000

The total number of votes polled =40000

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