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Mixture and Alligation: 800 students took the CAT exam in Delhi. 50% of the boys and 90% of the girls cleared the cut off in the examination. If the total percentage of qualifying students is 60%, how many girls appeared in the examination?

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Mixture and Alligation
Subject
Mathematics
Difficulty
Medium
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45-60 sec

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800 students took the CAT exam in Delhi. 50% of the boys and 90% of the girls cleared the cut off in the examination. If the total percentage of qualifying students is 60%, how many girls appeared in the examination?

TopicMixture and Alligation
Question Typemultiple choice
DifficultyMedium
Marking+1 / −0.33
Test Duration30 min

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