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In an election between two candidates, 80% of the eligible voters cast their votes, 5% of the votes cast were declared invalid. A

candidate got 10545 votes, which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of eligible voters.

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- The problem involves determining the total number of eligible voters in an election scenario.

- 80% of eligible voters cast their votes.

- Out of those, 5% of the votes were invalid.

- A candidate received 10,545 votes, accounting for 75% of the valid votes.

- To find total eligible voters, calculate total valid votes as \(\frac{10,545}{0.75}\).

- The total votes cast then is \(\frac{\text{valid votes}}{0.95}\).

- The number of eligible voters will be \(\frac{\text{total votes cast}}{0.80}\).

Let's calculate:

- Valid votes = \(\frac{10,545}{0.75} = 14,060\).

- Total votes cast = \(\frac{14,060}{0.95} ˜ 14,800\).

- Eligible voters = \(\frac{14,800}{0.80} = 18,500\).

- Option 2: 18,500 is the correct answer.