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प्रश्न
In an election, three candidates contested and secured 29200, 58800 and 72000 votes. Find the percentage of votes scored by winning candidate.
उत्तर
Total number of votes polled
= 29200 + 58800 + 72000
= 160000
∴ Percentage of votes scored by winning candiate
= `(72000)/(160000) xx100`
= `(72 xx 10)/(16)`
= `(9 xx 10)/(2)`
= 45%
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