In an election a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled ?

In an election a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled ? Correct Answer 700

GIVEN: A candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. Let the total number of votes polled be 'x' Number of votes in favour of the candidate is = 84% of x = 84x/100 Number of votes got by the losing candidate = x−84x/100 = (100x - 84x)/100 = 16x/100 Number of extra votes in favor of winning candidate = 84x/100−16x/100 476 = 68x/100 x = (476 × 100 )/ 68 x = 7 × 100 x = 700 Hence,the total number of votes polled are 700 .
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