A candidate should score $45 %$ marks of the total marks to pass the examination. He gets $520$ marks and fails by $20$ marks. The total marks in the examination are

1000

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1100

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1200

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Solution

The correct option is C $1200$
Given candidate should get $45 %$ of total marks to pass.
Let the total marks be $x$ .
Given he got $520$ marks and fails by $20$ marks
Then to just pass
$540 = \frac{45}{100} \times x$
$x = 1200$
So, total marks $= 1200$

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A candidate should score 45% marks of the total marks to pass the examination. He gets 520 marks and fails by 20 marks. The total marks in the examination are

The correct option is C 1200Given candidate should get 45% of total marks to pass.Let the total marks be x.Given he got 520 marks and fails by 20 marksThen to just pass540=45100×xx=1200So, total marks =1200

A candidate should score $45 %$ marks of the total marks to pass the examination. He gets $520$ marks and fails by $20$ marks. The total marks in the examination are

The correct option is C $1200$
Given candidate should get $45 %$ of total marks to pass.
Let the total marks be $x$ .
Given he got $520$ marks and fails by $20$ marks
Then to just pass
$540 = \frac{45}{100} \times x$
$x = 1200$
So, total marks $= 1200$