Question

1200 boys and 800 girls are examined for class 10th. 45% of the boys and 35% of the girls pass. The percentage of the total who failed?

• A. 55%
• B. 58%
• C. 57%
• D. 59%

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 59%

Total number of students = 1200 + 800 = 2000 Total number of students passed = 45% of 1200 + 35% of 800 ⇒ (45/100) × 1200 + (35/100) × 800 ⇒ 540 + 280 ⇒ 820 Numbers of student failed = 2000 – 820 = 1180 Percentage failure = (1180/2000) × 100 ⇒ 118/2 ⇒ 59%