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Percentage · UPSC CDS/OTA · Question 9 of 49

Percentage: At an election, the candidate who got 60% of the votes cast won by 200 votes. Find the total number of voters on the voting list if 66.67% people cast their vote and there were no invalid votes.

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Topic
Percentage
Subject
Mathematics
Difficulty
Medium
Solve Time
45-60 sec

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Q · PercentageMedium · 45s

At an election, the candidate who got 60% of the votes cast won by 200 votes. Find the total number of voters on the voting list if 66.67% people cast their vote and there were no invalid votes.

TopicPercentage
Question Typemultiple choice
DifficultyMedium
Marking+1 / −0.33
Test Duration30 min

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Let the total number of voters in voter list be 3x

Number of voters who cost their votes

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Final Answer: Option D - 1500
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