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A student gets 31% marks in an examination but fails by 12 marks. If the pass percentage is 35%, find the maximum marks of the examination.

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A student gets 31% marks in an examination but fails by 12 marks. If the pass percentage is 35%, find the maximum marks of the examination.

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Let the maximum marks in the exam be ‘x’. Pass percentage is given as 35%

∴ Pass mark = 35/100 × x = 35/100x

Student gets 31 % marks = 31/100 × x = 31/100x

But student fails by 12 marks → meaning his mark is 12 less than pass mark.

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