Question

Two candidates fought an election one of them got 64% of the total votes and won 992 vates what was the total number of votes polled

Answer 1

Explanation:

$let \: the \: total \: no. \: f \: votes \: be \: x \\ \\ accroding \: to \: question \\ \\ 64\%ofx = 992 \\ \\ \frac{64}{100} \times x = 992 \\ \\ x = \frac{992 \times 100}{64 } \\ \\ x = 1550$