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In an election 10% of the voters on the voters’ list did not cast their votes and 60 voters cast their ballot papers blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47% of all the voters in the list and he got 308 votes more than his rival. The number of voters on the list was
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- 3600
- 6200
- 4575
- 6028
Correct Option: B
Total voters in the list = x
Votes got by the winner
| = | ||
| 100 |
Votes got by the loser
| = x – | – 60 – | |||
| 10 | 100 |
| = | – | – 60 | ||
| 10 | 100 |
| = | – 60 | |
| 100 |
| = | – 60 | |
| 100 |
According to the question,
| = | – | + 60 = 308 | ||
| 100 | 100 |
| ⇒ | = 308 – 60 = 248 | |
| 100 |
| ⇒ x = | = 6200 | |
| 4 |
