In a college election between two candidates, one candidate got 55% of the total valid votes. 15% of the votes were invalid. If the total votes were 15,200, what is the number of valid votes the other candidate got ?
(a) 7106 (b) 6840 (c) 8360 (d) 5814 (e) None of these
(d) Total valid votes = 85% of 15200 = 12920
Number of valid votes to other candidate
= 45% of 12920 = 5814