Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get ?

Solution (By Examveda Team)

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Total number all three got together is}}, \cr & = {1136 + 7636 + 11628} \cr & = 20400 \cr & \% {\text{ of vote the winning candidate got is}}, \cr & = {\frac{{11628}}{{20400}}} \times 100 \cr & = 57\% \cr} $$