In an election a candidate who received 30 percent of the total votes cast was defeated by 15000 votes. Find the number of votes obtained by the winning candidate?
- 11250
- 15000
- 26250
- 37500
Explanation
Let the total number of votes be X.
The losing candidate received 30% of the total votes, which means:
The winning candidate received 15000 votes more than the losing candidate, so:
Since the total votes are shared between these two candidates (assuming no invalid votes), the winning candidate must have received 70% of the total votes because:
Thus, we equate:
Solving for X:
Now, the winning candidate received:
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