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.

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