Question

A student secured 35% of total marks and failed by 10 marks.Another student got 48% of total marks and he is secured 25% more than minimum passing marks.What is maximum marks?

Answer 1

Let us Assume the pass marks be 'X'
Now,
Candidate 1 obtained 32% of marks which is 16 marks less than the pass marks
i.e 32%=X-16----------(1)
similarly,
Candidate 2 obtained 36% of marks which is 10 marks more than pass marks
i.e 36%=X+10---------(2)
Now,(2)-(1) gives
4%=26
=>32%=(32/4)*26=208
Therefore ,Pass marks=208+16=224

similarly if we consider 36%=(36/4)*26=234(10 marks more than the pass marks)