SOLUTION: 10. A student got thrice as many marks in Arithmetic as in English. If the total of his marks in the two subjects is 128, how many marks did he get in English?

Question 825754: 10. A student got thrice as many marks in Arithmetic as in English. If the total of his marks in the two
subjects is 128, how many marks did he get in English?
Answer by Seutip(231) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A student got thrice as many marks in Arithmetic as in English. If the total of his marks in the two
subjects is 128, how many marks did he get in English?
Let x - be his marks in English
3x - be his marks in arithmetic

Therefore the student got 32 marks in english and 96 marks in arithmetic.
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