172k views
5 votes
Hello! I wanted answer with explanation

If you didn't understand what question in the screen I can't tell you...

Question: In an election, there are a total of 80,000 voters and there are two candidates A and B. 80% of the voters go for the polls and out of which 60% vote for A. How many voters does B get?
I hope you answer...
Thank you!​

Hello! I wanted answer with explanation If you didn't understand what question in-example-1
User Joette
by
4.5k points

1 Answer

3 votes
25600

Do 80/100 * 80,000 to find how many voters actually voted (it should be 64,000). Then it says that 60% of those people voted for A, so that means 40% of them voted for B. Do 40/100 times 64,000
User Viktorino
by
5.2k points