Question

In an election a candidate got 65℅ of the total no. of valid votes. 8℅ of the total votes was declared invalid. If the total no. of votes were 600000, find the no. of valid votes polled in favour, of the candidate.​

Answer 1

Let total number of votes be x=600000

8% of total votes invalid..hence 92% of total votes are valid..i.e, 92%x are valid votes..

candidate got 65% valid votes..i.e,

65%(92%x)..put x=600000 we get 358800