Q.

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


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a

3260

b

2700

c

1290

d

1600 

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Concept- Simple algebra can be used to solve it. With the information provided, we can quickly determine how many votes were cast in error. After that, we can determine how many valid votes candidate A received. The remaining valid votes for candidate B can then be determined using basic math.
Total number of votesQuestion ImageQuestion Imageof the votes are invalid.
Calculating number of invalid votesQuestion ImageNumber of valid votes are (Total number of votes) − (Total invalid votes)
Question Image votes
Candidate A got Question Imageof the valid votes  Question ImageThe number of valid votes that the other candidate got will be
 Question Image (Total valid votes) - (Valid votes of candidate A)
Question ImageHence, the Correct Answer is option 2.
   
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