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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:

2700
2900
3000
3100

Correct Answer: 2700

Explanation:

Number of valid votes = 80% of 7500 = 6000.

∴ Valid votes polled by other candidate = 45% of 6000

=	❨	45	x 6000	❩	= 2700.
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