Study the following table and answer the question that follows.
A school has four A, B, C and D of class IX students.
The results of Science and Mathematics examinations are shown in the following table.
| RESULT | No. of Students | |||
| Section A | Section B | Section C | Section D | |
| Failed in both | 24 | 25 | 18 | 20 |
| Failed in Science but passed in Mathematics | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| Passed in Science but failed in Mathematics | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Passed in both | 63 | 60 | 56 | 55 |
What percentage of students of section C passed in Science but failed in Mathematics ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Number of students of section C passed in Science but failed in Mathematics
= 8
Total students of section C = 18 + 10 + 8 + 56 = 92
Required percentage = \(\frac{8}{92}\) × 100 = 8.69%
= 8.70% ( approx )