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by ajith » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:06 am
gmatmachoman wrote:A student got marks in the ratio 6:7:8:9:10 in five subjects having equal maximum marks. In all, he scored 60% marks. In how many subjects, he got more than 50% ?

1) 4 2) 5 3) 3 4) None of these
say he got 6x,7x,8x,9x and 10x marks out of y

average = 40/5x = 8x
8x is 60%
8/6x is 10%
40/6x is 50%

6.67x is 50%

he got more than 50% in 4 subjects!
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by liferocks » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:09 am
let each subject has max 100 marks and common ratio of the obtained marks is x
40x=300
x=30/4 or 15/2
so 50 =50*2/15x or 20/3x
only 6x is less than 20/3x hence he got more than 50% in 4 subjects
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