Question

In an examination a student had to obtain 33% of the maximum marks to pass.He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks.The maximum marks were?

Answer 1

Let the max marks be x

Student got 125 marks and fails by 40 marks which means if he had got 125 + 40  =165 marks h would have just passed the examination.

So , 165 = 33% of x

33x/100 = 165

x = 165 * 100/33

x = 500 were the maximum marks for the examination