Question

In an election two candidates P and Q consented . P got 70% of the votes . The total votes polled were 75000 . How many votes did each get?

Answer 1

Hint: We have to calculate 70% of the total votes to get the number of votes P got . The number of votes Q got can be calculated by subtracting that number of votes P got with the total number of votes that were polled.

Complete Step-by-Step solution:
Total votes polled = 75000
If P got 70% of the votes then the number of votes he got = 70% of 75000
$ \Rightarrow \dfrac{{70}}{{100}} \times 75000 = 52500$
Now Q got the remaining votes ,
Therefore number of votes Q got = total votes - number of votes P got
$ \Rightarrow 75000 - 52500 = 22500$

Note: In this particular type of question we should recall the formula of finding the number when it's percentage is given. The number of votes you got can also be calculated by calculating 30% of the total number of votes.