Q. In an election between two candidates , a candidate who gets 40% of total votes is defeated by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is ? WITH EXPLANATION

• 45000
  so 20% = 15000
  => 60% = 45000
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• let total no of vote=x
  according to the question candidate who got 40% vote,defeated by 15000 votes
  that means(no of votes of winner-no of votes for losser=15000)
  ((60*x)/100)-(40*x)/100)=15000
  after solving we got x=75000
  no of vote polled by winning candidate=((3*75000)/5)=45000
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• two candidates one got 40% means another 60%.difference between them is 15000 votes and 20%[60%-40%] so equate them.20%=15000 so .............. 1%=750votes so total 100% votes =750*100=75000 votes so x+y=75000, x-y=15000 by solving winnigng candidate got 45000 votes
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