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  1. A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half (1/2). The number of pupils in the class is:

  2. A.

    10

    B.

     20

    C.

    40

    D.

    73

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    Answer : Option C

    Explanation :

    Let there be x pupils in the class.

    Total increase in marks = [ x x \(\frac { 1 } { 2 }\)] =\(\frac { X } { 2 } \)

     \(\frac { X } { 2 } \)= (83 - 63)    \(\frac { X } { 2 } \)= 20   x= 40.


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