Quantitative Aptitude Ques 1491

Question: In an election between two candidates one get 65% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 6500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was

Options:

A) 1820

B) 1840

C) 1824

D) 1844

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

  • Number of valid votes = 80% of 6500. $ =\frac{80}{100}\times 6500=5200 $ Valid votes polled by other candidate = 35 % of 5200 $ =\frac{35}{100}\times 5200=1820 $