Question

Out of $15000$ voters in a constituency, $60\%$ voted. Find the percentage of voters who did not vote. Can you now find how many actually did not vote?

Answer 1

Step 1. Calculate the percentage of voters who did not vote.

We know that $60\%$of voters voted.

Therefore, the percentage of voters who did not vote:

$\begin{array}{l}100\mathrm{\%}-60\mathrm{\%}\\ =40\mathrm{\%}\end{array}$

Step 2. Calculate the actual number of voters who did not vote.

Since the total number of voters are $15000$.

Therefore, the number of voters who did not vote:

$\begin{array}{c}40\%\text{\hspace{0.17em}of\hspace{0.17em}}15000=\frac{40}{100}\times 15000\\ =6000\end{array}$

Hence, the percentage of voters who did not vote is $40\%$ and the number of voters who did not vote is $6000$.