In an election between two candidates, 10% of the total votes were declared invalid, and all valid votes went to one of the two candidates. If the winner received 53% of valid votes and won by 1,620 votes, find the total number of votes cast.

Subject: Mathematics | Topic: Arithmetic | Difficulty: MEDIUM

Options

1. (A) 30,000
2. (B) 27,000
3. (C) 32,000
4. (D) 28,000

Verified Answer

Option (A): 30,000

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