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To find: The total number of votes.
Answer to Problem 74PPS
The total votes were 6700.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Votes received by Candidate A = 55%
Votes received by Candidate B = 1541
Votes received by Candidate C = 40% of Candidate A.
Calculation:
The votes received by C are:
It is known that,
Thus,
The total number of votes are calculated as:
Hence, the required number of votes are 6700.
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