Question

Two conditates A and B contest 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:

valid votes 20000

Step-by-step explanation:

let total votes be x

A = 46 % of x = y - 1600

b = = y = 54% of x

A + B = x

y - 1600 + y = x

2y - x = 1600

2*54% x - x = 1600

108%x - x = 1600

(108 - 100)x = 1600 x 100

8x = 160000

x = 160000/ 8 = 20000