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In an election between 2 candidates, the winning candidate got 55% of the valid votes. 5% of the total votes were invalid. If the

total number of votes polled were 10000, then how many votes were obtained by the losing candidate?

4425

4625

4275

4550

- Total number of votes polled: 10,000.

- Invalid votes: 5% of 10,000 is 500.

- Valid votes = Total votes - Invalid votes = 10,000 - 500 = 9,500.

- Winning candidate received 55% of valid votes = 55% of 9,500 = 5,225 votes.

- Votes obtained by losing candidate = Valid votes - Votes for the winning candidate = 9,500 - 5,225 = 4,275.

- Option 1: 4425

- Option 2: 4625

- Option 3: 4275

- Option 4: 4550

The correct answer is Option 3: 4275.