Q.

In an examination, 5% of the applicants were found ineligible and 85% of the eligible candidates belonged to the general category. If 4275 eligible candidates belonged to other categories, then how many candidates applied for the examination?

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a

35, 000

b

30, 000 

c

37, 000 

d

None of these

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The number of eligible other categories is 0.850.95x

The number of candidates in the above category is 4275

Hence, 

0.15×0.95x=4275x=42750.150.95 =30000

Hence the total number of students applied for the examination is 30000

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