CMAT 2022 Solved Question Paper

Question : 9 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

In a local election between two candidates, one candidate got

55 \%

of the total valid votes and was declared as winner.

15 \%

of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes polled were 15200, what were the valid votes of the loser :

Solution:

Total number of votes

=15200

15 \%

of total votes are invalid, this implies

85 \%

are valid.

55 \%

of valid votes are secured by winner, this implies

45 \%

of valid votes are secured by loser
Voted secured by loser

=45/100 × 85/1500 × 15200=5814

Answer is option C.

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