Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each wrong answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each incorrect answer, then Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the test?

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Solution

Let the number of right answers and wrong answers be and respectively.

According to the question,

3x - y = 40 ... (i)

4x - 2y = 50

$\Rightarrow$ 2x - y = 25 ... (ii)

Subtracting equation (ii) from equation (i), we get x = 15 ... (iii)
Putting this value in equation (ii), we get

30 - y = 25

y = 5

Therefore, number of right answers = 15

Number of wrong answers = 5

Total number of questions = 20

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