In An Election Between Two Candidates, One Got 55% Of The Total Valid

1.	In An Election Between Two Candidates, One Got 55% Of The Total Valid Votes And Got 20% Invalid Votes. At The End Of The Day When The Total Number Of Votes Were Counted, The Total Number Was Found To Be 7500. So What Was The Total Number Of Valid Votes That The Winning Candidate Got, Was?
Answer» SINCE 20% of the votes were invalid, 80% of the votes were valid = 80% of 7500 = 6000 votes were valid. One candidate GOT 55% of the total valid votes, then the second candidate must have 45% of the votes = 0.45 * 6000 = 2700 votes. Since 20% of the votes were invalid, 80% of the votes were valid = 80% of 7500 = 6000 votes were valid. One candidate got 55% of the total valid votes, then the second candidate must have 45% of the votes = 0.45 * 6000 = 2700 votes.

In An Election Between Two Candidates, One Got 55% Of The Total Valid Votes And Got 20% Invalid Votes. At The End Of The Day When The Total Number Of Votes Were Counted, The Total Number Was Found To Be 7500. So What Was The Total Number Of Valid Votes That The Winning Candidate Got, Was?

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SINCE 20% of the votes were invalid, 80% of the votes were valid = 80% of 7500 = 6000 votes were valid.

One candidate GOT 55% of the total valid votes, then the second candidate must have 45% of the votes = 0.45 * 6000 = 2700 votes.

Since 20% of the votes were invalid, 80% of the votes were valid = 80% of 7500 = 6000 votes were valid.

One candidate got 55% of the total valid votes, then the second candidate must have 45% of the votes = 0.45 * 6000 = 2700 votes.

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In An Election Between Two Candidates, One Got 55% Of The Total Valid Votes And Got 20% Invalid Votes. At The End Of The Day When The Total Number Of Votes Were Counted, The Total Number Was Found To Be 7500. So What Was The Total Number Of Valid Votes That The Winning Candidate Got, Was?

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