Two parties contest in an election where all the eligible people vote. If the winner gets 60% of the total votes and wins by 150 votes, find the number of votes polled in favour of the losing party.
Two parties contest in an election where all the eligible people vote. If the winner gets 60% of the total votes and wins by 150 votes, find the number of votes polled in favour of the losing party.
(a) :Since the winner gets 60 % of the total votes, the loser must have got 40% of the total votes. Let the total number of votes be T. Then
0.6T – 0.4T = 150
0.2T = 150 T = 750
We need to find the votes polled by the losing party, that is
40 % of 750 = 0.4 * 750 = 300 votes
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