Question

In an examination a candidate who secured 25% marks fails by 60 marks while another candidate who secured 42 marks get 8 marks more than the necessary for passing what are the maximum marks and percentage necessary for passing

Answer 1

Let the max marks = X

in the question

25% × X +60 = 42% × X - 8
solve it

Then x =400

put in
25% ×X +60
25%×400+60 =160

160 × 100 = 40%
400

hope it helps you

Answer 2

40% is the correct answer