Question

There are two candidates Bhiku and Mhatre for an election. Bhiku gets $65$ $\%$ of the total valid votes. If the total votes were $6000$, what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Mhatre gets if $25$ $\%$ of the total votes were declared invalid?

• A. $1575$
• B. $1625$
• C. $1675$
• D. $1525$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $1575$

Total votes $=6000$
Invalid votes $=25\%$ of $6000=0.25\times 6000$
$\therefore$ Valid votes $=6000-1500=4500$
Bhiku gets $65\%$ of the valid votes
Mhatre gets $35\%$ of the valid votes
$\therefore$ Votes got by Mhatre $=35\%$ of $4500$
$=\frac{35}{100}\times 4500=1575$