Question

Sumit got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. however, sujith who took the same examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15 marks more than the passing marks. what were the passing marks in the examination?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer: Passing marks will be 85.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

If Sumit got 30% of maximum marks , he failed by 10 marks = (-)10

If Sujith got 40% of maximum marks , he got 15 marks more than the passing marks = (+)15

Let the maximum marks be x.

According to question,

$\frac{40}{100}x-\frac{30}{100}x=15-(-10)\\\\\frac{10}{100}x=25\\\\x=\frac{25\times 100}{10}=250$

Hence, the maximum marks will be 250.

And the passing marks in the examination will be

$\frac{30}{100}\times 250+10\\\\=75+10\\\\=85$

Hence, passing marks will be 85.