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In an election, 75% of eligible voters participated. Of these, 4% votes were invalid. If a winning candidate got 13,500 votes, which was 55% of the valid votes, what was the total number of eligible voters (to the nearest integer)?
- 30,000
- 35,050
- 34091
- 45,024
Correct answer: 34091
Solution
If 13,500 is 55% of valid votes, then valid votes = \(13500/0.55\). Since 4% of polled votes were invalid, valid votes are 96% of polled votes. Then polled votes are 75% of eligible voters, so the eligible voters can be found by reversing these percentages.
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