John got 20% marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. In the same examination, Jack got 35% marks which were 20 more than the minimum passing marks. Find the percentage of minimum marks required to pass.

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  1. 30
  2. 35
  3. 25
  4. 20

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Option 3 : 25
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Given:

John got 20% marks in an exam.

John failed by 10 marks.

Jack got 35% marks.

Jack got 20 more than the minimum passing marks.

Calculation:

As per the question,

35 % - 20% = 10 + 20 

⇒ 15% = 30

⇒ 100% = 200

So, Pass mark = 200 × 20/100 + 10 = 50

So, Passing percentage = (50/200) × 100 = 25%

∴ The percentage of minimum marks required to pass is 25%

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