A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the averag

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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:

Options:

A . 10

B . 20

C . 40

D . 73

Answer: Option C

Let there be x pupils in the class.

Total increase in marks = x x 1 = x 2 2

x = (83 - 63) x = 20 x= 40. 2 2

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