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30 August, 03:02

A newspaper article reports the results of an election between two candidates. The article says that Smith received 60% of the votes and that Murphy received 1 4 of the votes. A reader writes in to complain that the article cannot be accurate. What reason might the reader have to say this?

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  1. 30 August, 05:59
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    1/4 = 25%

    60+25 = 85

    The sum of all votes must equal 100%

    So 15% of the votes are unaccounted for.
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