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in an election an amount of votes was share among parties A,B and C in the ratio of 1:2:4. How many votes party B obtained if party C got 1500 more votes than A?​

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1000

Explanation:

Let the share of votes obtained by the parties A, B and C be x, 2x and 4x respectively.

According to the given information:

No of votes obtained by C = 1500 + No of votes obtained by A


\therefore 4x = 150. + x \\\\</p><p>\therefore 4x - x = 1500\\\\</p><p>\therefore 3x = 1500\\\\</p><p>\therefore x = (1500)/(3) \\\\</p><p>\therefore x = 500\\\\</p><p>\because Votes \:obtained\: by \:B = 2x \\\\</p><p>\therefore Votes \:obtained\: by \:B = 2* 500\\\\</p><p>\purple {\bold {\therefore Votes \:obtained\: by \:B = 1000}} \\\\

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