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8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In this election, there were only two candidates. The winner by ob taining 48% of the total votes de feated his contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of vot ers in the election was:

A

`18000-xy`

B

`18000+x-y`

C

`18000-x-y`

D

none of these

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C
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