The table below gives information regarding the number of attempts made and number of successful attempts by six candidates in the gate examination.
| Candidates |
Number of GATE exams |
Number of exams cleared |
| Suresh | 15 | - |
| Rajesh | - | 5 |
| Dinesh | 20 | - |
| Mahesh | 18 | 7 |
| Shivaji | 12 | 8 |
| Thaman | 17 | 9 |
The number of times Rajesh took the exam was 30% less than the number of times Dinesh took it. What is the approximately percentage of times that Rajesh cleared the exam out the times that he attempted it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
Attempts of Dinesh = 20
Number of attempts of Rajesh = 70% of 20
= \(\frac{7}{10}\) × 20
= 14
Percentage of times Rajesh cleared the exam = \(\frac{5}{14}\) × 100
= 35.71%