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 7000, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:
Options.
A) 2800
B) 2700
C) 2900
D) 2200
E) 2520
E   Number of valid votes = 80% of 7000 = 5600.   Valid votes polled by other candidate = 45% of 6000   = (45/100 x 5600) = 2520.
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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 7000, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was: