Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: of the votes cast on a certain proposal , 68 more were in favor of the proposal than were against it . if the number of votes against the proposal was 40 percent of the total vote , what was the total number of votes cast ? ( each vote cast was either in favor of the proposal or against it . ) 
Options: a ) 300 , b ) 340 , c ) 380 , d ) 420 , e ) 460
Output (English): b