Question

Two candidates contested in an election. One
got 60% of the votes and won by 1600 votes.
What is the number of votes polled?​

Answer 1

Let the number of votes polled be x.

=According to the question,

=60%of x=1600( As the winning team had got 60% of the vote polled)

=60/100 * x =1600

=3/5 * x=1600

=3*x/5=1600

=3x/5=1600

=3x=1600*5

=3x=8000

=x=8000/3 or 2666.66667

Answer 2

Answer:

if he has won by 1600 votes then 1600 votes are 20% votes of election as :-

100%-60%=40% and 60- 40=20%

so, total no of votes is 1600×5 = 8000

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