In a municipal election, there were two candidates. One who got 30% of the votes polled was defeated by 16000 votes. Calculate the total number of votes polled.
30000
28000
40000
24000
A
24000
B
30000
C
40000
D
28000
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Let the total vote is x
Given : One candidate get 30% vote
Then winning candidate gets =100−30=70% vote
Then, the winning candidate defeat the loosing candidate by 40%
∴40100x=16000
⇒x=40000
Then total votes polled is 40000.
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