Question

in an examination,65% of total examineesif d total numbr offailures is 420 he total numbr of examinees is

Answer 1

65% passed means 100-65 = 35 % failed
did u get this?

Answer 2

how do i solve it

Answer 3

nut they want d numbr of student

Answer 4

nut*

Answer 5

but*

Answer 6

it wasnt nut it was but

Answer 7

in an examination,65% of the total examinees passed if the numbr of failures is 420 the total numbr of examinees is????????????????????

Answer 8

so 65% passed
how many % failed ?

Answer 9

yea nd they hav given me options of
a)567 b)693 c)1200

Answer 10

simply u know the % of failures and u want to know 100%
then required n of examinees is 100/(100-65) *420 =100/35 *420 =100 *12 =1200

Answer 11

i dint get it matricked

Answer 12

lol @matricked i don't think @aldren understood the word of that

Answer 13

they dnt want how much % but how many ppl

Answer 14

to get how many ppl, we first need to know how much %

Answer 15

yea exact;y

Answer 16

so how much % of ppl failed ?

Answer 17

35%

Answer 18

total is 100%
now passed is 65% then failed =100-65=35%
as per the question 35% is 420 hence 100% is 100/35 * 420 =1200

Answer 19

thanx alot i understood

Answer 20

can i ask another 1

Answer 21

new question, new post