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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:

A.	2700	B.	2900
C.	3000	D.	3100

Answer and Explanation

Answer:2700

Explanation:
Number of valid votes = 80% of 7500 = 6000.
Valid votes polled by other candidate = 45% of 6000
= (45 / 100) x 6000 = 2700.

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