Quant Question Of The Day: 209
People who didn’t vote for congress increased by 75% in the current general election from the previous year, while the number of voters remained same. Hence congress lost the election by a number twice as high as that by which it had won the previous general election. Number of voters is 340000. Find the number of votes in favor of congress in previous general election, if only one other party was participated in the election.
- 180000
- 190000
- 136000
- 125000
Sol Previous general election People who didn’t vote for congress = x People who voted for congress = 340000-x Winning margin = (340000-x)-x Current general election People who didn’t vote for congress = 1.75 x People who voted for congress = 340000-1.75x Losing margin = 1.75x – (340000-1.75x) Given Losing margin = 2* winning margin of previous 1.75x-(340000-1.75x) =2*(340000-2x) 7.5 x = 1020000 x= 136000 hence people who voted for congress in previous general election = 340000-136000= 204000
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