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A total of 29,183 votes were casted I’m an election. The winning candidate in the election received 61.3% of the votes. Which of the following is closest to the number of votes received by the winning candidate

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Multiply 29183 votes by 0.613 and then round off to the nearest integer number of votes:

0.613(29183) = 17889.179, which must be rounded off to 17,889 votes.
User Ganesa Vijayakumar
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61.3/100 × 29183
the Winning candidate had an approx of 17889 votes or 17890
User Nikhil Kashyap
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