SOLUTION: A candidate who gets 20% marks, fails by 10 marks. Another candidate who gets 42% marks, gets 12% of the maximum marks more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.

Question 1202425: A candidate who gets 20% marks, fails by 10 marks. Another candidate who gets 42% marks, gets 12% of the maximum marks more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.
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A candidate who gets 20% marks, fails by 10 marks. Another candidate who gets 42% marks, gets 12% of the maximum marks more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.
let maximum marks be x
and passig marks be y
Student I
20%x +10=y ----------------------(1)
Student II
42%x = 12%x+y
y= 42%x -12%x
y=30 %x-------------------------------(2)
equate (1) & (2)
20%x+10= 30%x
10%x =10
x=100

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