Question

in an examination it is required to get 40% of the maximum marks to pass. a student gets 175 marks and is declared failed by 25 marks. find the maximum marks

Answer 1

let the maximum number of marks be x
marks scored= 175
marks to be scored= 175+25= 200
40/100*x= 200
x= 200*100/40
x= 500

Answer 2

The minimum number is 200(175 +25).therfore the maximum number is 200*40/100=500. So the answer is 500