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A candidate scores 35% of the total marks and fails by 40 marks, while another candidate scores 45% and gets 30 marks more than the passing marks. What is the total marks of the examination?
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Equate the difference in percentages to the sum of the gap (fail + pass), as 10% total marks equals 40 + 30 = 70 marks.
Candidate 1 scores 35% and fails by 40 marks. Candidate 2 scores 45% and scores 30 marks above passing.
Total Marks=Difference in percentageDifference in marks×100
Equate the difference in percentages to the sum of the gap (fail + pass), as 10% total marks equals 40 + 30 = 70 marks.
Students often subtract the fail and pass marks (40-30=10) instead of adding them, forgetting that the pass line is between the two results.
Define the percentage gap
Calculate the difference between the two candidates' scores in percentage terms: 45%−35%=10%.
45%−35%=10%
Determine the actual mark difference
Since one student is 40 marks below and the other is 30 marks above, the total mark distance between them is 40+30=70.
40+30=70
Calculate total marks
If 10% of total marks equals 70, then 100% is given by 0.1070.
Total Marks=1070×100=700
B is correct because the 10% difference in scores corresponds to a 70 mark variance, leading to a total value of 700 marks.
This logic is identical to speed-time-distance problems where you calculate relative speed based on the head start or lag time between two moving objects.