SOLUTION: If a student stands stands second in the test and eighth from the bottom then how many total students appeared for the test

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Question 981279: If a student stands stands second in the test and eighth from the bottom then how many total students appeared for the test
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If a student stands second in the test,
there is red%281%29 student before (or above) him/her.
I assume it means the second student in the list,
called second to be questioned in an oral test.
Or maybe that student's score was the second best among the students who appeared for the test.

If that student stands eighth from the bottom,
it means there are 7 other students below (or after) him/her.

Counting that green%281%29 student who stands second in the test,
plus the red%281%29 student before (or above) him/her,
plus the 7 other students below (or after) him/her,
then the total number of students who appeared for the test is
green%281%29%2Bred%281%29%2B7=highlight%289%29 .