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A school had an election where the candidates received votes in the ratio 1:2:3. If the winning candidate received 210 votes, how many total people voted in the election?

A school had an election where the candidates received votes in the ratio 1:2:3. If the winning candidate received 210 votes, how many total people voted in the election?
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A school had an election where the candidates received votes in the ratio 1:2:3. If the winning candidate received 210 votes, how many total people voted in the election?

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Set 3x=210
We find that x=70
We then do 6•70 to find how many voted in total
Answer-420 total people voted
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