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In an election which contested was contested by 2 candidates, one candidate got 40% of total votes and yet lost by 1000 votes.What is the total number of votes casted in the election?

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In an election which contested was contested by 2 candidates, one candidate got 40% of total votes and yet lost by 1000 votes.What is the total number of votes casted in the election?

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Let's denote the total number of votes as V.

According to the problem, one candidate got 40% of the total votes, which is 0.4V.

The other candidate won by 1000 votes, which means they got 0.4V + 1000 votes.

Since there are only two candidates, the total votes can also be expressed as the sum of the votes each candidate got.

So, we have the equation: V = 0.4V + (0.4V + 1000).

Solving this equation, we get:

V = 2 * 0.4V + 1000,

0.2V = 1000,

V = 1000 / 0.2 = 5000.

So, the total number of votes casted in the election is 5000.

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