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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 :

Correct Answer: 2700

Explanation:

Total number of votes = 7500 


Given that 20% of Percentage votes were invalid


 => Valid votes = 80%


 Total valid votes = 7500*(80/100) 


1st candidate got 55% of the total valid votes. 


Hence the 2nd candidate should have got 45% of the total valid votes 


=> Valid votes that 2nd candidate got = total valid votes x (45/100) 


7500*(80/100)*(45/100) = 2700


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