Question

in a competitive examination, one mark is awarded for every correct answer while 1/4 mark is deducted for every wrong answer. A student aswered 100 questions and got 80 marks. How many questions did he answer?
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Answer 1

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Let x be the number of correct answers and y be the number of wrong answers.

Since Jayanti answered 120 questions therefore, x+y=120 that is

x=120−y..........(1)

Also, it is given that one mark is awarded for each correct answer while

2

1

mark is deducted for every wrong answer and Jayanti got 90 marks, therefore,

x−0.5y=90..........(2)

Substituting the value of equation 1 in equation 2:

120−y−0.5y=90

−1.5y=−30

y=20

Therefore,

x=120−20=100

Hence, she answered 100 questions correctly.

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