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 5500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:  Pick one.
A) 2800  B) 1980  C) 2900  D) 2200  E) 2300
B   Number of valid votes = 80% of 5500 = 4400.   Valid votes polled by other candidate = 45% of 4400   = (45/100 x 4400) = 1980.
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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 5500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was: