In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured 12% of the total votes more than Party R. If party R got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?

Answer 1

Party R lost election by #36,000# votes

Given: Party D won the election by 12%... Required: How many votes did party R loose by?

Solution: Set up from what we know 1) #R + D = 100%# of the votes 2) #D = R+12%# this given Now substitute for D in 1) #R + R+12% = 100%# Thus party R secured # (100-12)/2=44%# of total votes, but #R=132,000# Thus the total votes cast are: #T= 132000*100/44 =300000#

D's votes were: #D=300,000-132,000 = 168,000# Thus party R lost by: #L_R = 168,000 - 132,000= 36,000#

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Answer 2

Eva Adamson

Party D secured 145,920 votes. Party R lost the election by 13,920 votes.

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