mr . kramer , the losing candidate in a two - candidate election , received 942,568 votes , which was exactly 45 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 45 % votes and total votes is 100 . candidate won = 45 remaining = 55 to get 50 % , candidate requires 5 votes from 100 which is 5 % and 5 votes from 55 . 5 / 55 = 1 / 11 = . 09 = 9 % which is approx 9 % . hence the answer is a ."
multiply(divide(subtract(divide(50, const_100), divide(45, const_100)), subtract(const_1, divide(45, const_100))), const_100)