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Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for correct. -3 for wrong. How many correct
answers?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 7 Last Update: November 14, 2006     Asked by: susee 
  
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Submitted by: Anila Suguraman
 

x+y=20

10x-3y=148

x=correct answers

y=wrong answers.

Solving equations,x=16,y=4



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November 05, 2005 05:17:25   #1  
sathvanth        

RE: Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for corr...
16 right and 4 wrong. 16*10 160 and 4*-3 -12 sum up he has 148.
 
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March 20, 2006 13:46:06   #2  
Manjula.H        

RE: Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for corr...

Please do give the procedure to solve the Questions for the visitors to improve on their aptitude.

Thankyou


 
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March 22, 2006 07:50:21   #3  
savitha        

RE: Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for corr...
how it is solved
 
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March 23, 2006 00:14:52   #4  
indians Member Since: February 2006   Contribution: 1    

RE: Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for corr...

Total questions 20.

let no of correct ans be x

no of wrong ans be 20-x

then 10x-3(20-x) 148

on solving for X 16

no of correct ans 16 and no of wrong ans 4


 
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October 20, 2006 01:56:42   #5  
velumani        

RE: Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for corr...
hai 16 is correct ans.
 
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November 10, 2006 03:30:45   #6  
Ruchi        

RE: Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for corr...

Solution:-

Let correct ans be x;

Therefore wrong ans will be 20-x;

Marks obtd for correct ans 10x;

Marks obtd for wrong ans 3(20-x);

Total marks obtd :- 10x - 3(20-x) 148

10x -


 
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November 14, 2006 09:19:06   #7  
Anila Suguraman        

RE: Ram gets 148 marks for 20 questions. +10 for corr...

x+y 20

10x-3y 148

x correct answers

y wrong answers.

Solving equations x 16 y 4


 
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