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    In a village election between three candidates, 80% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 3% votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate
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    In a village election between three candidates, 80% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 3% votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate got 42,680 votes which were 55% of the total valid votes. Find the number of valid votes received by the candidate who stood third, given that he received only 10% of the total valid votes.

    A.

    7760

    B.

    7700

    C.

    7670

    D.

    7680

    Correct option is A

    Let total voters be 1000x unit
    Total casted votes= 80% of 1000x = 800x
    Total valid votes = 97% of 800x = 776x
    Given:

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