Question
A scored 20% more than
B. If both score 4 marks more than the sum of the marks scored by A and B together would have been 20% more than the passing marks. Passing marks is 80. Find marks scored by
A.
Solution
Let the marks scored by A and B be 6x and 5x respectively. According to the question, => (6x + 4) + (5x + 4) = (120/100) x 80 => 11x + 8 = 96 => x = 8 Marks scored by A = 6x = 48
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