Question

nicky gets 40% of the total marks and 20 marks more than the passing marks sam who takes the same test gets 35% of maximum marks and fails by 15 marks what is passing marks of the rest?

Answer 1

Let us assume that the maximum marks of the examination be x.

Then,

Passing marks = 40/100x = 4/10x = 2/5x

From the question: Passing marks = 65 + 3 = 68

Therefore,

68 = 2/5x

Transposing, we get,

x = 170