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Download Solution PDFIn an election between three candidates, Arjun, Bhaskar and Saral contested for a post. Arjun got 50% votes more than Saral, and Saral got 2% votes less than Bhaskar. The difference between the votes of Bhaskar and Saral is 1296. What is the half of the difference between the votes of Arjun and Bhaskar?
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Download Solution PDFGiven:
Arjun got 50% votes more than Saral, and Saral got 2% votes less than Bhaskar.
The difference between the votes of Bhaskar and Saral = 1296
Formula used:
Percentage = (Part / Whole) × 100
Solution:
Let the total number of votes Bhaskar got be 100x.
The votes received by Saral = 100x - 2% of 100x
⇒ 98x
The votes received by Arjun = 98x + 50% of 98x
⇒ 147x
The difference between the votes of Bhaskar and Saral = 1296
⇒ 100x - 98x = 1296
⇒ x = 1296/2
⇒ x = 648
The difference between the votes of Bhaskar and Arjun = 147x - 100x
⇒ 47x
Half of the difference between the votes of Arjun and Bhaskar = 47x/2
⇒ x → 648
⇒ 47x/2 → 648 × 47/2
⇒ 47x/2 → 324 × 47
⇒ 47x/2 → 15228
Half of the difference between the votes of Arjun and Bhaskar is 15228.
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