Question

Two candidates contested an election. if one got 480 votes which are 60% of voters polled, what was the total number who voted

Answer 1

480 votes --> 60%
x votes --> 100%

480/x = 60/100
480/x = 3/5
3x = 5 × 480
3x = 2400
x = 800 votes

Answer 2

Solution :-

Let the number of total voters who voted be 'x'

One candidate got 480 votes, which is 60 % of the total voters polled

⇒ 60% of x = 480

⇒ (x*60)/100 = 480

⇒ 60x = 480*100

⇒ 60x = 48000

⇒ x = 48000/60

⇒ x = 800

Hence, the total number of voters who voted were 800.

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