Aptitude - Percentage - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Percentage - General Questions (Q.No. 10)
10.
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 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Number of valid votes = 80% of 7500 = 6000.
Valid votes polled by other candidate = 45% of 6000
= | ![]() |
45 | x 6000 | ![]() |
= 2700. |
100 |
Discussion:
113 comments Page 10 of 12.
Shomik Sen said:
1 decade ago
Question says 55%, then how come the answer have 45% ?
Priya said:
8 years ago
Here, 45 comes because 15 are invalid votes out of 55.
Sujith kumar said:
6 years ago
How valid votes become 35%?
It is 80-55=25%, right?
It is 80-55=25%, right?
Moni said:
1 decade ago
20% are the invalid votes so we consider oly 80%.
Davinder dingh shekhawat said:
9 years ago
How 80 and 45 will come? Please explain the step.
Monu said:
1 decade ago
Why we considered 100 that should be out of 80%?
Siraj said:
1 decade ago
Simple friends.
= 45 % ( 80 % 7500 )
= 2700
= 45 % ( 80 % 7500 )
= 2700
Nilesh said:
3 years ago
Thanks for your answer @Jabi Mir.
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Anand said:
7 years ago
Thanks for your answer @Preeti.
Ezekiel said:
7 years ago
How it came 45% in other votes?
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