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 :
A) 2500B) 2700C) 2900 D) 3100
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invalid votes = 20% of 7500
=1500
total valid votes=
=7500-1500
= 6000
valid votes received by 1st candidate =
=55% of 6000
=55/100 * 6000
=3300
votes received by 2nd candidate =
=6000-3300
=2700
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