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    Question

    There were two candidates in an election. 10% of the

    total voters did not cast their votes whereas 5% of the casting votes were declared invalid. If the winning candidate received 50% of the total votes and won by 7250 votes then find out the total number of Voters?
    A 50,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 48,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 36,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 56,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Let the total voters be 100 No. of votes cast (90%) = 90┬а No. of valid votes = 90 ├Ч (95 )/(100 ) = 85.5┬а Winning candidate got 50% of total votes = 50┬а Looser candidate got = 85.5 тАУ 50 = 35.5┬а Difference between winning and looser candidate votes = 7,250┬а 50 тАУ 35.5 = 14.5┬а 14.5 = 7,250┬а 100 = (7,250 )/(14.5 )├Ч100 ┬а= 50,000 ┬а Total number of votes = 50,000┬а

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