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In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and losses 1 mark for every wrong answer. A student attempted all the 200 questions stud and scored 200 marks. Find the number of questions he answered correctly.
A) 82
B) 80
C) 68
D) 60
Correct answer:
B) 80
Description for Correct answer:
Let the number of correct answers be x
and number of wrong answers be y
Then, 4x - y = 200 ...(i)
and x + y = 200 ...(ii)
On adding Eqs. (i) and (ii). we get
4x - y = 200
x + y = 200
5x = 400
Therefore, x = 80
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