Question
Jay, Karan, and Lata contested an election in which 9100
votes were polled and none of the votes were invalid. Karan got 45% more votes than the total votes obtained by Jay and Lata together. If Lata obtained only 18% of the total polled votes, find the number of votes obtained by Jay.Solution
Total votes= 9100 Votes by Lata (18%) = 9100 × 18 /100 = 1638 Let the combined votes of Jay and Lata be 100 units: Votes by Karan= 145 units (45% more than Jay and Lata) Total units= 100 + 145 = 245 ATQ- 245unit =9100 1 unit = 9100/245 =37.14 Votes by Jay and Lata= 100 units ×37.14 = 3714 Votes by Lata= 1638 Votes by Jay= 3714-1638 = 2076
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