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P , Q and R contested in an election. All the votes polled were valid. P got `30%` of the total votes. For every 40 total votes, Q got 18 votes.The winner got 6000 more votes than the person who received the least number of votes. Find the total number of votes polled.

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To solve the problem step-by-step, let's denote the total number of votes as \( X \). ### Step 1: Determine the votes for P P received 30% of the total votes. Therefore, the number of votes P received is: \[ \text{Votes for P} = 0.30X \] ...
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