In an election between-Ravi and Manoj, Ravi gets 61% of the total valid votes. If total votes were 25000 and 20% of the total votes were declared invalid, then other candidate Manoj get how much number of votes?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 7800.
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Ravi got 61% of valid votes. Manoj gets 39% of valid votes. Total votes = 25000 Total valid votes = 80% of 25000 = (25000 × 80)/100 = 20000 |
| Manoj gets 39% of 20000 = (20000 × 39) = 7800 votes |