Question

An election was contested by two candidates $A$ and $B$. In all, there were $25000$ voters. $80\%$ of the votes were polled. If A got $60\%$ of the total votes polled, how many votes did $B$ get?

Answer 1

Total voters $=25000$

$80\%$ of the votes were polled.

$=\frac{80}{100}\times 25000=20000$

$A$ got $60\%$ votes

$=\frac{60}{100}\times 20000=12000$

So,

$B$ will get votes

$=20000-12000=8000$

Hence, this is the answer.