Question

in an election, candidate a got 75% of the total valid votes. if 15% of the total votes were declared invalid and the total numbers of votes is 560 000, find the number of valid votes polled in favor of candidate.

Answer 1

357000

Explanation:

in an election, candidate a got 75% of the total valid votes. if 15% of the total votes were declared invalid and the total numbers of votes is 560 000, find the number of valid votes polled in favor of candidate.

find total valid votes

560000 - 15% = 476000

find 75% of valid votes

476000 : 100 * 75 = 357000