Question

Arun got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10marks.However sujit who took the same examination got 40%of the total marks and got 15 marks morethan the passing marks.What were the passing marks in the examination

Answer 1

Let the total marks be x. Arun's score = 30/100 of x Passing marks = 30/100 of x + 10 Sujit's score = 40/100 of x which is 15 more than the passing marks. Therefore 30/100 of x +10 = 40/100 of x -15. Solving for x we get total marks x= 250.  So passing marks = 30/100* 250 +10 = 85. So Arun scored 75  ten less than the passing marks and Sujit scored 100 that is fifteen more than passing marks