Question

Two candidates fought in a municipality election. One of them got 64% of the total votes pooled and won by 1008 votes. What was the total number of votes polled?

a) 3400 b) 3600 c) 3580 d) 3550

Answer 1

Let the total votes be x

He got 64% of votes That is 1008 votes

Number of voters

$\frac{64}{100} \times x = 1008 \\ 64 \times x = 1008 \times 100 \\ 64 \times x = 100800 \\ x = \frac{100800}{64} \\ x = 1575$

Total number of votes = 1575

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