SOLUTION: A strange announcement was made on the radio about a local election with three candidates: Mrs Allan, Mr Baxter and Ms Campbell. "mrs Allan beat Mr baxter by 1/8 of the total votes
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Question 1108472: A strange announcement was made on the radio about a local election with three candidates: Mrs Allan, Mr Baxter and Ms Campbell. "mrs Allan beat Mr baxter by 1/8 of the total votes cast. Mr Baxter beat Ms Campbell by 1/7 of the total votes cast. The votes cast for Mrs Allan was 350 fewer than 3 times Ms Campbell's votes." How many votes did each candidate get?