In an election between 2 candidates, the winning candidate gets 2940 valid votes, while the losing candidate gets 40% of the valid votes. If 2% of the votes polled were declared invalid, then what is the total number of votes polled ?

5000

40% = \(\frac{2}{5}\)

ATQ , \(\frac{3}{5}\) of total Valid votes = 2940

Total valid votes = 4900

Total valid votes = 98% of Total Votes

Total Number of Votes =  \(\frac{4900}{49}\) × 50

= 5000