Correct Answer - Option 2 : 6460
Given:
Ram and Ravana stood in an election.
If the number of votes of Ram got gets reduced by 50%, Ravana would have won the election by 610 votes.
If the number of votes of Ravana is tripled, Ravana would have won the election by 5060 votes.
Formula:
Percentage increase/ decrease = [(new - actual)/actual] × 100%
Calculation: Let the votes Ram and Ravana got be x and y respectively.
According to question
y - x/2 = 610
⇒ 2y – x = 1220 ----(1)
And
3y – x = 5060 ----(2)
Subtract equation (1) from (2)
y = 5060 – 1220 = 3840
and on solving x = 6460
Hence, Ram got 6460 votes.