A, B and C stood up in an election. After the votes were polled A and C became a single party by combining their votes and they together defeated B by 3800 votes. A and B received 27% and 48% of the total votes polled. Find the total number of votes polled to C alone.

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A, B and C stood up in an election. After the votes were polled A and C became a single party by combining their votes and they together defeated B by 3800 votes. A and B received 27% and 48% of the total votes polled. Find the total number of votes polled to C alone.

A22650

B24890

C22560

D23750

Answer:

D. 23750

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Let the total votes be 100x A = 27% of 100x = 27x ⇒ B = 48x C = 100x – (27x + 48x) = 25x (27x + 25x) – 48x = 3800 ⇒ x = 950 C gets = 25 × 950 = 23750

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