In an election, Ram gets 40% of the total votes while Ranu gets 60% of the total votes, if the difference of their votes is 3500, then find the total number of votes?
1. 15000
2. 17500
3. 18500
4. 8750
1. 15000
2. 17500
3. 18500
4. 8750
Correct Answer – Option 2 : 17500
Given:
Ram gets 40% of the total votes.
Ranu gets 60% of the total votes.
Difference of their votes = 3500.
Calculation:
Let total number of votes be x.
Votes of Ram = 40% of x = 0.4x
Votes of Ranu = 60% of x = 0.6x
Difference = 0.6x – 0.4x
⇒ 3500 = 0.2x
⇒ x = 3500/0.2
⇒ x = 17500
∴ Total number of votes are 17500.