mr . kramer , the losing candidate in a two - candidate election , received 942,568 votes , which was exactly 47 percent of all votes cast . approximately what percent of the remaining votes would he need to have received in order to have won at least 50 percent of all the votes cast ?
"let me try a simpler one . lets assume that candidate got 47 % votes and total votes is 100 . candidate won = 47 remaining = 53 to get 50 % , candidate requires 3 votes from 100 which is 3 % and 3 votes from 53 . 3 / 53 = . 056 = 5.6 % which is approx 6 % . hence the answer is b ."
multiply(divide(subtract(divide(50, const_100), divide(47, const_100)), subtract(const_1, divide(47, const_100))), const_100)