Practice Test Discussion

It is required to get 40% marks to quality an exam. A candidate scored 200 marks and failed by 8 marks. What were the maximum marks of that exam?

520

540

502

Couldn't be determined

None of these

Explanation

Let the maximum marks = x

According to the question

$= \frac{40 x}{100} = 200 + 8 x = 208 \times \frac{10}{4} = 520 .$

Hence, Option A is correct.

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