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 : Choose the correct choice from the following choices.
A) 2500  B) 2600  C) 2700  D) 2900  E) 3200
Total number of votes = 7500   Given that 20% of Percentage votes were invalid   Valid votes = 80%   Total valid votes = 7500x (80/100)   1st candidate got 55% of the total valid votes.   Hence the 2nd candidate should have got 45% of the total valid votes   Valid votes that 2nd candidate got = total valid votes x 45/100   7500x (80/100)x45/100= 2700   answer :2700
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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 :