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Download Solution PDFIn an election between two candidates, 12% of voters did not cast their votes. The winner by obtaining 68% of the total voters defeated his contestant by 2880 votes. What was the total number of voters who cast their votes in the election?
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Download Solution PDFGiven:
In an election between two candidates, 12% of voters did not cast their votes.
The winner by obtaining 68% of the total votes defeated his contestant by 2880 votes.
Calculation:
Let total voters be 100a
So, total voters who casted their vote = 88a
Now,
Winner got 100a × 68%
⇒ 68a
So, losing candidate got 88a - 68a
⇒ 20a
According to the question,
68a - 20a = 2880
⇒ 48a = 2880
⇒ a = 60
So, number of voters who casted their votes = 60 × 88
⇒ 5280
∴ The total number of voters who cast their votes in the election was 5280.
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