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In a college election, if 15% of the students did

In a college election, if 15% of the students did not vote and winning candidate got 62.5% of the votes casted then a candidate won by 3400 votes. The number of students is
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8 Years agoGrade 12
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kartik

8 Years ago
total votes = 85% 
percentage of casted votes won by winner = 62.5
percentage of casted votes won by loser= 37.5
let no. of casted votes be x
given (62.5/100)x – (37.5/100)x = 3400
          0.25x = 3400