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 ?

A. 7600

B. 8000

C. 8400

D. 8800

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Let the number of candidates appearing from each state be X.
Then,
7% of X - 6% of X = 80
Or, 1% of X = 80
Or, X = 80 × 100
X = 8000