in an election between two candidates , the winner has a margin of 10 % of the votes polled . if 2000 people change their mind and vote for the loser , the loser would have won by a margin of 10 % of the votes polled . find the total number of votes polled in the election ?
"winner - looser 55 % - 45 % if 2000 people change their mind and vote for the loser : winner - looser 45 % - 55 % thus 2,000 people compose 10 % of all voters , which means that the total number of votes is 20,000 . answer : a ."
divide(2000, divide(10, const_100))