In an election for a corporation seat, there were two candidates. A total of 9791 votes were polled. 116 votes were declared invalid. The successful candidates got 5 votes for every 4 votes his opponent had. By what margin did the successful candidate win?
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Total vote polled ard 9791 and 116 are invalid so valid vote are 9675 and both competitors collect vote at the ratio of 5: 4 so sum of ratio divide total valid vote that is 1075 so at the first competetor collect 5* 1075 = 5375 and the second competetor collect 4* 1075 = 4300 votes
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