Postal or Sorting Assistants Model Paper 4 With Solutions

Question : 24 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

A student was awarded certain marks in an examination. However, after re-evaluation, his marks were reduced by 40% of the marks that were originally awarded to him so that the new score now became 96. How many marks did the student lose after re-evaluation ?

Validate

Solution:

(d) Let initial marks of student = x
After Re-evaluation marks reduced by 40% of x
New score = 60% of x = 96

=60/100 x 96

x={96-100}/60

x=160
Marks lose =

160 - 96 = 64

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