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 6500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:
Choose the correct answer:
A) 2800  B) 2700  C) 2900  D) 2340  E) 2300
D   Number of valid votes = 80% of 6500 = 5200.   Valid votes polled by other candidate = 45% of 5200   = (45/100 x 5200) = 2340.
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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 6500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was: