Q135
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:
A.
2700
AnswerB.
2900
C.
3000
D.
3100
Answer: Option A
Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Number of valid votes= 80% of 7500
= 6000
∴ Valid votes polled by other candidate
= 45% of 6000
=
= 2700