JEE Main · 2007 · 29 Apr 2007 · Offline · Statistics

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The average marks of boys in a class is 52 and that of girls is 42. The average marks of boys and girls combined is 50. The percentage of boys in the class is
  1. (A)40
  2. (B)20
  3. (C)80✓ Correct
  4. (D)60

Answer: (C)

Solution

Let there be boys and girls. Equating total marks, , which simplifies to , so . The percentage of boys is then .

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