In an election between two candidates, one candidate got 60% of the valid votes. If the total number of votes polled was 8850, and 10% of the votes were invalid, then find the number of valid votes that the other candidate got.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. 3186.
Invalid votes = (10/100) × 8850 = 885
Valid votes = 8850 - 885 = 7965
First candidate = (60/100) × 7965 = 4779 votes
Other candidate = 7965 - 4779 = 3186 votes