Question
Out of the total population in a village 25% casted
invalid votes and the winning candidate A received 14(2/7)% more votes than the losing candidate B. Find the percentage of votes received by A with respect to the total number of votes in the village?Solution
Let the total population of the village be 100x. And the population casted valid votes = 75x According to question, => Winning candidate A = 8/7 of B => A/B = 8/7 Now, 15 -------75x => 8 ------ 40x => 7 ------- 35x Required % = (40x/100x) x 100 = 40%
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