Question

Two students recieve votes in the ratio 7:9. If the successful candidate recieves 1080 votes, how many votes were cast in all

Answer 1

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Let the Number of votes received by failed candidates be x

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x/1080 = 7/9
=>x = 7×1080/9
=>x = 840


Hence,
Number of total votes = 1080+840 = 1920 ans.

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Answer 2

The ratio is 7:9
9=1080
7=x
Let us find for 1=?
So, 1= 1080/9
=120
Therefore, 7=7*120
Therefore, 7=840
Hence founded

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