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

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sathvanth

  • Nov 5th, 2005
 

16 right and 4 wrong. 16*10=160 and 4*-3=-12 sum up he has 148.

Manjula.H

  • Mar 20th, 2006
 

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

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savitha

  • Mar 22nd, 2006
 

how it is solved

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indians

  • Mar 23rd, 2006
 

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

velumani

  • Oct 20th, 2006
 

hai 16 is correct ans.

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Ruchi

  • Nov 10th, 2006
 

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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Anila Suguraman

  • Nov 14th, 2006
 

x+y=20

10x-3y=148

x=correct answers

y=wrong answers.

Solving equations,x=16,y=4

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