in an election between two candidates, the winner has a margin of 10 % of the votes polled. if 4000 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? Choose the correct answer
A) 16000 B) 10000 C) 40000 D) 12000 E) 5000
<gadget id="calculator">10 / 100</gadget>
<output>1/10 = around 0.1</output>

<gadget id="calculator">4_000 / (1/10)</gadget>
<output>40_000</output>

<result>C</result>
in an election between two candidates, the winner has a margin of 10 % of the votes polled. if 4000 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?
divide(4000, divide(10, const_100))
"winner - looser 55 % - 45 % if 4000 people change their mind and vote for the loser : winner - looser 45 % - 55 % thus 4,000 people compose 25 % of all voters , which means that the total number of votes is 40,000 answer : c"