In a two-candidate election, one received 55% of the total legitimate votes, while 20% of the ballots were invalid. If the total number of votes cast was 7500, the other contender received the following number of legitimate votes:
A. 2700
B. 2900
C. 3000
D. 3100
Answer:A
In a two-candidate election, one received 55% of the total legitimate votes, while 20% of the ballots were invalid. If the total number of votes cast was 7500, the other contender received the following number of legitimate votes:
A. 2700 B. 2900 C. 3000 D. 3100
Explanation: 80 percent of 7500 equals 6000 valid votes.Other candidate polled 45% of 6000 valid votes.45/100 multiplied by 6000 is 2700.