Question

In an examination 96% of candidates passed and 50 failed . How many candidates appeared .

Answer 1

Given:

In an examination, 96% of candidates passed and 50 failed.

To find:

We have to find the number of students who appeared in the examination.

Solution:

Let the number of students who appeared in the examination is x.

In an examination, 96% of candidates passed.

Thus the passed candidates are 96x/100.

So, failed candidates are-

x-96x/100

=4x/100.

50 candidates are failed.

So, we can write-

4x/100=50

4x=5000

x=1250.

Thus, the number of candidates who appeared in the examination are 1250.