Problema Solution

Only 60% of the voters in a certain constituency of 40,000 cast their votes. Of the votes cast, A received 53%, B received 27% and C the remainder. How many votes did C receive,assumin that no votes are spoiled?

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Let the no of voters be x

0.6x = 40000 

x = 66666.67

C recieved 1 - ( 0.27 + 0.53 ) of x

0.2x = 13333.34

Note that the percentages were changed to decimals and vice-versa.