Question

A total of 14000 votes were cast to two opposing candidates. Adam and Karl.Adam won by ratio of 4:3 how many votes were cast to karl?

Answer 1

8000 because add the ratio and divide to get 2000 now multiply by 4 to get 8000

Answer 2

ANSWER

The number of votes cast to Karl is

`6000`

Step-by-step explanation

The total votes cast is


`14000`

We were given that Adam and Karl won by ratio of

`4:3`
This means the number of votes cast to Adam corresponds to 4, while that of Karl corresponds to 3.

The total ratio is


`= 4 + 3 = 7`

Number of votes cast to Karl is


`= (Karl's\:ratio)/(Total\:ratio) * Total\:votes \:cast`


`= (3)/(7) * 14000`

This simplifies to,


`= 3 * 2000`


`= 6000`

Therefore 6000 votes were cast in favour of Karl.