Question

    Hari, Kamal and Lalit contested an election in which

    6050 votes were polled and none of the votes were invalid. Kamal got 42% more votes than the total votes obtained by Hari and Lalit together. If Lalit obtained only 8% of the total polled votes, find the number of votes obtained by Hari.
    A 2016 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 1556 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 1912 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1668 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Let Hari + Lalit obtained votes = 100 Kamal              Hari + Lalit 142                   100 Total votes = 100+142= 242 ATQ- Total votes = 6050 242 = 6050 1 = 25 Then Hari +Lalit = 100×25 =2500 Lalit obtained votes = 6050×8/100 = 484 votes Obtained votes of Hari = 2500-484= 2016 votes

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