Question

The scores obtained by a group of participants in a game are shown in the table. A participant who scores more than 3 points receives a hamper. lf the number of participants who do not receive hampers is twice the number of those who do, find the value of y.

Score	2	3	4	5
Number of participants	104	16	y	34

• A. $2$
• B. $26$
• C. $32$
• D. $68$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $26$

$score$ $no.of$

$participants$

$2$ $104$

$3$ $16$

$4$ $y$

$5$ $3y$

Participants scored above 3=$y+3y$

Participants scored below 3=$16+104=120$

$2(y+3y)=120$

$2y+68=120$

$2y=52$

$y=26$