In an election there were only two candidates 27,180 votes were cost and the winners majority was 3558. Find how many votes the winner received?
To find out how many votes the winner received, we need to use the formula:
Winner's votes = Total votes / 2 + Winner's majority
Plugging in the given values, we get:
Winner's votes = 27,180 / 2 + 3,558
Winner's votes = 13,590 + 3,558
Winner's votes = 17,148
Therefore, the winner received 17,148 votes.