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Download Solution PDFIn an election between two candidates, one got 60% of the total valid votes and 15% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes were 8400, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got were:
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Download Solution PDFGiven:
Total number of votes = 8400
Invalid votes percentage = 15%
Valid votes percentage = 100% - 15% = 85%
One candidate's valid votes percentage = 60%
Formula Used:
Valid votes = Total votes × Valid votes percentage
Other candidate's votes = Total valid votes - One candidate's valid votes
Calculation:
Valid votes = 8400 × 85% = 8400 × 0.85
⇒ Valid votes = 7140
One candidate's valid votes = 7140 × 60% = 7140 × 0.60
⇒ One candidate's valid votes = 4284
Other candidate's valid votes = 7140 - 4284
⇒ Other candidate's valid votes = 2856
The number of valid votes that the other candidate got were 2856.
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