In a college election a candidate who got 35% of the total votes polled was defeated by his rival by 270 votes. Assuming that there were only two candidates in the election, the total number of votes polled was
a) 10000
b) 8000
c) 9000
d) 12000
e) 12500

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Answer :

c) 9000

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