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A candidate gets 71 % of votes and wins the election by 756 votes. If there are two candidates then the total number of votes is

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1,800

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1,850

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1,860

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1,890

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Solution

The correct option is A 1,800
Winning candidate got 71 % and losing candidate got 29%
$⟹$ winning condidate won by $(71 - 29)$ %
ie. by 42% of votes.
$∴$ 42 % of total votes $= 756$
$⟹$ Total votes $= 756 \times \frac{100}{42} = 1800$

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