Question
In an election between two
candidates, the winning candidate secured 25% more votes than the losing candidate. If the winner received 125 more votes than the losing candidate, how many votes were cast in total? Assume all votes were valid.Solution
ATQ,
Let the votes received by the losing candidate be 100x. Votes received by the winning candidate = 1.25×100x=125x. According to the question: 125x−100x=125 25x=125 x=5 So, the total number of votes cast = 100x+125x=225x=225×5=1125.
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