In an election, 15% of the voters on the voters list did not cast their votes, and 100 voters cast their ballot paper blank. There were only two candidates, Ram and Shyam. The winner, Ram, was supported by 69% of all the voters in the list, and he got 630 more votes than Shyam. Find the number of voters on the list.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 1000.
Let total voters = x
Ram gets = 0.69x
Voted = 0.85x
Valid votes = 0.85x - 100
Shyam = 0.16x - 100
According to the question,
⇒ 0.69x - (0.16x - 100) = 630
⇒ 0.53x + 100 = 630
⇒ 0.53x = 530
⇒ x = 1000