PUZZLE IBM-152
Counting votes from percentage
IBM Research · Ponder This · 2010-12
IBM Ponder This #152 · December 2010
In an election, Charles came in last and Bob received 24.8% of the votes.
After counting two additional votes, he overtook Bob with 25.1% of the votes.
Assuming there were no ties and all the results are rounded to the nearest promille (one-tenth of a percent), how many votes did Alice get?
Solution
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