In an election, candidate A got 70% of the total valid votes. If 15% of the total votes were declared invalid and the total numbers of votes is 560000, find the number of valid vote polled in favor of candidate?  Choices.
A) 355600  B) 355800  C) 356500  D) 356800  E) 333200

Rationale: total number of invalid votes = 15 % of 560000 = 15 / 100 × 560000 = 8400000 / 100 = 84000 total number of valid votes 560000 – 84000 = 476000 percentage of votes polled in favour of candidate a = 70 % therefore , the number of valid votes polled in favour of candidate a = 70 % of 476000 = 70 / 100 × 476000 = 33320000 / 100 = 333200 e )
Answer: E