in a competitive examination in a state a , 6 % candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates . state b had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7 % candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than a . what was the number of candidates appeared from each state ?
let the number of candidates appeared be x then , 7 % of x - 6 % of x = 80 1 % of x = 80 x = 80 * 100 = 8000 answer is a
multiply(multiply(subtract(7, 6), const_100), 80)