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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3260

2700

1290

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 votes

of the votes are invalid.
Calculating number of invalid votes

Number of valid votes are (Total number of votes) − (Total invalid votes)

votes
Candidate A got

of the valid votes

The number of valid votes that the other candidate got will be

(Total valid votes) - (Valid votes of candidate A)

Hence, the Correct Answer is option 2.

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