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In an election, a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?

A

700

B

900

C

810

D

600

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A
`(x xx 84)/(100) -(x xx 16)/(100) =476`
`rArr 68x=47600`
`rArr x = (476xx100)/(68) =700`
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