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In an election between two candidates  75% of the voters cast their votes out f which 2% of the votes  were invalid . A candidate got 9261 votes which were  75 % of the  total valid votes . Find the total  number of votes enrolled in that

election .


Options:
A .  16500
B .  16600
C .  16700
D .  16800
Answer: Option D

Le the total number of votes enrolled be  `x` Then

Number of votes cast  =  75% of `x`. Valid votes =  98% of (75%  of `x`)

`:.`      75% of [98% of (75%  of `x`)]  = 9261

`hArr ` ` (75/100 xx 98/100 xx 75/100 xx x)` =  9261       `hArr`    ` x `=`((9261 xx 100 xx 100 xx 100)/(75 xx 98 xx 75))`

=  16800.




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