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11. In an election being contested by two candidates, one candidate got 15% ofthe valid votes while 20% of the votes were declared invalid. How manyvotes did the other candidate get? Who won the election and by how much?If the total number of votes polled were 8500, how many votes were invalid! |
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Answer» Answer: invalid VOTES - 20/100 × 8500 = 1700 votes valid votes % - 100 - 20( invalid) = 80% valid votes 80/100 × 8500 = 6800 votes 1st CANDIDATE = 15/100 × 6800 = 1,020 votes 2nd candidate = 85/100 × 6800 = 5,780 * 2nd candidate won by majority of 4,760 votes. |
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