Question

A school had an election where the candidates received votes in the ratio of 1:4:2. If the winning candidate received 240 votes, how many people voted in the election.

Answer 1

420

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Answer 2

420

Explanation:

There were a total of 1+4+2 = 7 votes for each 4 votes the winning candidate received. Hence the total number of votes was ...

(7/4)·(240) = 420

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Comment on the question

The number of votes historically hasn't always equalled the number of people voting.