Question

Two persons contested an election of parliament the winning candidate secured 57%of the total votes polled and won by majority of42000votes what is the total.no of votes

Answer 1

If the winning candidate secured 57% of the votes, and won by a majority of 42000, then the opponent received 43% of the votes cast. Let n represent the total amount of votes cast. Then:
(57-43)% of n=42000 14n=42000n=300000
300000 total votes were cast

Answer 2

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