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Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

In a class election, each of the five candidates got a different number of votes. There were $36$ votes cast in total. The winner got $12$ votes. The candidate in last place got $4$ votes. How many votes did the candidate in second place get?

(A) $8$ (B) $9$ (C) $8$ or $9$ (D) $9$ or $10$ (E) $10$

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