In an election between two candidates, one got 60% of the total valid votes, and 10% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes cast were 10800, what was the number of valid votes for the other candidate?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
90% = \(\frac{9}{10}\) & 60% = \(\frac{3}{5}\)
Number of Valid votes = \(\frac{9}{10}\) × 10800 = 9720
Votes of Looser candidate = \(\frac{2}{5}\) × 9720 = 3888