Question

Kareem and Alisha participated in the college elections. Kareem got 32% votes and lost by a margin of 288 votes. Find the total number of votes. *

Answer 1

Answer:

800

Step-by-step explanation:

since the total number of votes is unknown,let's represent it by "t"

=>t = 100%

=>t = 32%(t) + 68%(t)

=>68%(t) - 32%(t) = 288

=>t(68% - 32%) = 288

=>t = 288/(68% - 32%)

=>t = 288/ (36%)

=>t = 288 x 100/36

=>t = 28800/36

=>t = 800

therefore the total number of votes is 800

(which means Kareem got 256 votes and Alisha got 544 votes)