in an election between two candidates , the winner has a margin of 20 % of the votes polled . if 1000 people change their mind and vote for the loser , the loser would have won by a margin of 20 % of the votes polled . find the total number of votes polled in the election ?
winner - looser 60 % - 40 % if 1000 people change their mind and vote for the loser : winner - looser 40 % - 60 % thus 1,000 people compose 20 % of all voters , which means that the total number of votes is 5,000 . answer : b
divide(1000, divide(20, const_100))