SOLUTION: In an election between two candidates A and B 30000 votes were polled. A won the election with the margin of 400 votes. Find the ratio of votes polled in favor of each candidates.
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Question 1049287: In an election between two candidates A and B 30000 votes were polled. A won the election with the margin of 400 votes. Find the ratio of votes polled in favor of each candidates. Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let b represent the number of votes given for candidate B. Then candidate A got b+400. So:
b+b+400=30000
2b=29600
b=14800
Candidate B got 14800 votes; candidate A got 15200 votes for a ratio of 38:37. ☺☺☺☺
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