in a competitive examination in 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 ?
"state a and state b had an equal number of candidates appeared . in state a , 6 % candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates in state b , 7 % candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates but in state b , 80 more candidates got selected than state a from these , it is clear that 1 % of the total appeared candidates in state b = 80 = > total appeared candidates in state b = 80 x 100 = 8000 = > total appeared candidates in state a = total appeared candidates in state b = 8000"
divide(80, divide(subtract(7, 6), const_100))