In an election among three contestant P,Q and R. P gets 120% more votes than Q. P beats R by 350000 votes. Q beats R by 5% of the total votes. Find the total number of votes polled (in lakhs)

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Answer 1

Looks like you found the easy way -- get someone else to do the work.

p = 2.2 q
p = r + 350000
q = r + .05(p+q+r)

Now just find p,q,r and add them up.