In an election between two candidates, the first candidate got 80% of the votes and the second candidate got 240 votes. What was the total number of votes?	Select:
A) 600
B) 900
C) 1200
D) 1500
E) 1800
Let V be the total number of votes.   0.2V = 240   V = 1200   The answer is 1200.
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In an election between two candidates, the first candidate got 80% of the votes and the second candidate got 240 votes. What was the total number of votes?