12. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got
selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of
candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got
selected than A. What was the number of candidates appeared from each State ?
A. 7600 B.
8000
C. 8400 D.
Data inadequate
Answer:
Let the number of candidates
appeared from each state be x.
Then, 7% of x - 6% of x = 80
‹=›1% of x = 80
‹=› x= 80 ×100
=8000.
