Question

two candidates A and B contest in an election. A gets 46% of the valid votes and is defeated by 1600 votes. find the total number of valid votes cast in the election

Answer 1

Answer:

20000

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

20000

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of valid votes be x A gets 46%of valid votes that means

46/100xx

=23x/50

Therefore number of votes for B will be

X-23 x/50

Number Of votes of B-number of A=1600

x-23x/50 -(23x/50)=1600 X-46 x/50 =1600

50x-46x =1600×50

4x= 1600×5O

X = 1600x50/4

X=20000

Therefore the total number of valid votes

cast is 20000