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During a class election the ratio of students who voted for candidate A compared tocandidate B was 7: 4. If candidate A received 21 votes, what is the combined amount ofvotes candidate A and candidate B received?

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Given: Ratio of students that voted for A compared to B is 7:4

A recieved 21 votes so let B recieve x votes.

So as the given ratios,

[tex]\frac{7}{4}=\frac{21}{x}[/tex][tex]x=\frac{21\times4}{7}=12[/tex]

Hence, combined votes received by candidate A and B is 12+21=33

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