Question

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

Answer 1

Total votes poled $=75000$

If $P$ gets $70$% of the votes. Then $Q$ gets $30$% of the votes.

Number of votes $P$ gets $=70$ % of $75000=\frac{70}{100}\times 75000=52,500$

Number of votes $Q$ gets $=30$ % of $75000=\frac{30}{100}\times 75000=22,500$