Question

1. Solve the following word problems.
(a) In an examination, 29,456 candidates passed while 57,281 candidates
failed. How many candidates appeared for the examination?
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Answer 1

Answer:

no. of candidates that passed= 29456

no. of candidates that failed=57281

total no. of candidates that appeared for the examination= passed candidates+failed candidates

=29456+57281= 88837

therefore 88837 students appeared for the examination

Answer 2

number of candidates appeared =number of candidates passed+number of candidates failed

=29456+57281=86,737