Answer:
The statement 2 is sufficient and total number of votes candidate X received is 946.
Step-by-step explanation:
Consider the provided information.
Candidate X received 624 of the votes cast by men, and Candidate Y received 483 of the votes cast by women.
The required table is shown below:
X Y
Men 624 ?
Women ? 483
We need to find how many votes did Candidate X receive?
Statement 1: Candidate X received 50% cast by men
.
That mean remain 50% cast by Candidate Y.
Therefore the complete table will look like this:
X Y
Men 624 624
Women ? 483
But we need to find the number of votes received by Candidate X.
We don't have enough information to find the sum of the values under X column. Hence, the statement 1 is not sufficient.
Statement 2: Candidate Y received 60% cast by women.
Candidate Y received 60% cast that means Candidate X received 40% cast.
0.6 of x = 483
x = 805
Now 40% of 805 is: 322
Thus, the complete table is:
X Y
Men 624 624
Women 322 483
Total 946
Hence, the statement 2 is sufficient.
