Question

In an examination, a student who secured 25% of the maximum marks fails by 60 marks but another candidate who secures 45% of the maximum marks gets 10 marks more than required passing marks. The maximum number of marks is

Options

• 450

• 350

• 525

• none of these

Answer 1

350

Explanation:

By getting 25% marks one fails by 60 marks

By getting 45% marks other get 10 marks more than required passing marks

Let Maximum marks = x

ATQ

(45 − 25)% of x =70

`20/100"x"=70`

x = 350