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In an election, a candidate got $82 %$ votes. He won the beating his rival candidate by $576$ votes. How many votes were polled

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Vote gained by winning party $= 82 %$
Vote gained by loosing party $= (100 - 82) % = 18 %$
Difference $= (82 - 18) % = 64 %$
So, $64 %$ of total votes $= 576$
$⟹$ Total votes $= 900$ votes.

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