The marks obtained by Jessica are shown below. Jenny scored 15% more marks in English than Jessica. What was Jenny's score in English?

Here the horizontal axis is x axis which represents subjects and vertical axis is y axis which represents marks. x axis represents and the scale for y axis 1 cm = 10 marks.

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Solution

The correct option is D 69
From the graph we can see that Jessica's score for English is 60.

Jenny's score in English is 15% more than Jessica's.

$\Rightarrow 60 + 15 % \times 60 = 60 + \frac{15}{100} \times 60$

$= 60 + 9 = 69$

$∴$ Jenny's score in English $= 69$

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The correct option is D 69From the graph we can see that Jessica's score for English is 60. Jenny's score in English is 15% more than Jessica's. ⇒60+15% × 60=60+15100×60 =60+9=69 ∴ Jenny's score in English =69

The correct option is D 69
From the graph we can see that Jessica's score for English is 60.

Jenny's score in English is 15% more than Jessica's.

$\Rightarrow 60 + 15 % \times 60 = 60 + \frac{15}{100} \times 60$

$= 60 + 9 = 69$

$∴$ Jenny's score in English $= 69$