Question
A candidate who gets 24% marks fails by 8 marks but
another candidate who gets 40% marks gets 12% more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.Solution
Passing % = 40% - 12% = 28% Let the maximum marks be x. According to question, => 28% of x – 24% of x = 8 => 4% of x = 8 => x = 200
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