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in an election of 3 candidates a,b,c, a gets 50% more votes than b.he also beats c by 2,40,000 votes.c beats b by 5 percentage points.find the no. of votes polled?pl. provide sol. also.

1) 28,00,000
2) 26,40,000
3) 30,72,000
4) 17,60,000

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Soureek Dey  (8 years ago)

let B gets x% total votes.
So, C gets=(x+5)% of the total votes since C gets 5 percentage points more votes than B.
Hence, A gets=x%(150/100)= (1.5x)%
Thus, 1.5x+x+(x+5)=100
or, 3.5x=95
or, x=190/7%
A=285/7%,B=190/7%,C=225/7%
A gets=285*4,000=9,00,000
B gets =190*4,000=7,60,000
C gets =225*4,000=11,40,000
Total=28,00,000

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Pargat Pal Singh  (12 years ago)

1) 28,00,000

If a,b,c are polls obtained by a,b,c respectively, then
a=1.5b = c+240000
total votes = 1.5b+b+1.5b-240000 = 4b-240000 = x (say)
(c/x- -b/x)*100=5

solving , we get
x=2800000

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Afroz Inamdar  (4 years ago)

Votes of b be b and total votes be x
x=1.5b+b+1.5b-240000
c-b=.05x

Solve both equations
x=2800000

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