(c) Let the total number of votes costed be x Number of votes one candidate got = 47% Number of votes another candidate got = 53% Difference of votes = 540 New, according to the question, 53% Of x - 47% of x = 540 ⇒ 6 % of x = 540 ∴ x =
540×100
6
= 9000 Hence,total number of votes costed were 9000.