There are only two candidates in an election. one gets 62% votes and wins by 144 votes. what is the total no. of votes?
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find the difference between the two candidates share of the vote as a percentage.
100–62 = 38
62 - 38 = 24
Now we must work out how many votes one percent is. We do this by dividing the total number of votes in the margin of difference by the percentage of votes in the margin of difference.
144 / 24 = 6
Now we multiply this number by one hundred to get the total number of votes.
6 * 100 = 600
There you have it, six hundred votes in total.
100–62 = 38
62 - 38 = 24
Now we must work out how many votes one percent is. We do this by dividing the total number of votes in the margin of difference by the percentage of votes in the margin of difference.
144 / 24 = 6
Now we multiply this number by one hundred to get the total number of votes.
6 * 100 = 600
There you have it, six hundred votes in total.
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