Question 90
In a face to face election the winner got 65% of votes and won by a margin of 12000 votes. The total votes polled (in lakhs) is
Solution
Let total votes polled be V.
The winner got 65% votes and won by margin of 12000 votes. Means the rival got 35% votes.
hence, 0.65V - 0.35V = 12000 which gives us V = 12000/0.3 = 40,000 i.e. 0.4 lakh
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