Ted got 55 marks for all his correct answers, but his overall score was only 41, how many marks did he lose for giving wrong answers?

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Solution

The correct option is B $14$
The difference between total marks scored and overall marks will be the marks lost.
Marks lost = Total marks for answering correct - Overall score
$= 55 - 41$
$= 14$

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