GMAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test 5

Question : 3 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

Brian got in his latest test a grade 3 times higher that he anticipated. In spite of that, he decided to appeal. After the appeal he got 30 points lower than the original grade but still the grade was 30 points higher than his anticipation. What was the grade Brian anticipated?

Validate

Solution:

The grade Brian anticipated is

\times

. The grade that he really got was

3 x

. After the appeal he got

3 x-30

that was still

x+30

. Therefore,

x=30

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