In an election between two candidates, the first candidate got 60% of the votes and the second candidate got 480 votes. What was the total number of votes? Options:
A) 900  B) 1200  C) 1500  D) 1800  E) 2100

Rationale: "let v be the total number of votes . 0.4 v = 480 v = 1200 the answer is b ."
Answer: B