Question

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

Answer 1

so marks needed to get pass =200
40% of x = 200
x = 200 ×100 /40
x = 500

Answer 2

Let the maximum marks be "x"
sine, the student failed by 25 marks even after getting 175 marks .
therefore,the passing marks are 175+25 which is also 40% of the total marks .

now,
            40% of x=200
             
            (40/100)*x=200
by solving we get 
                   x=500

the maximum marks are 500.