Practicing Success
Three candidates P, Q and R participated in an election. P got 35% more votes than Q, and R got 15% more votes than Q. P overtook R by 2,412 votes. If 90% voters voted and no invalid or illegal votes were cast, then what was the number of voters in the voting list? |
46,900 42,800 42,210 48,500 |
46,900 |
Let the votes of Q be 100x So, number of votes obtained by P = 135x = 135 × 120.6 = 16281 x = 469 100x = 46900
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