Out of 15,000 voters in a constituency, voted . ____ actually did not vote.

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Concept- The people who did not vote were 6000 in number. Out of 15,000 voters, 60% cast ballots. Therefore, to find the percentage of voters who did not cast a ballot, remove this percentage from 100. Let x represent the final percentage . Then calculate x % of 15,000 to determine the number of absentee voters .
We are given that

voters voted out of 15,000 in a constituency.
We have to find the percentage of voters who did not vote and the number of voters who did not actually vote.
Total percentage is

voters voted.
Percentage of voters who did not vote is

Therefore,

of 15,000 voters did not vote.

of 15,000 is

So, the no. of voters who did not vote is 6000 and the no. of voters who did vote is

So, the correct answer is " 6000 ".
Hence, the correct answer is 6000.

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