Find the Total Marks of an Exam
A Candidate secured 30% marks in an exam and failed by 6 marks. Another candidate secured 40% marks and got 6 marks more than bare minimum marks to pass. Find the total marks of an exam?
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Let the total marks of the exam be denoted by X.
On the basis of the problem statement, we can deduce that:
40% of X - 30% of X = 12
Solving this gives us the value of X = 120 (and this is our answer)
On the basis of the problem statement, we can deduce that:
40% of X - 30% of X = 12
Solving this gives us the value of X = 120 (and this is our answer)
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