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During his entire school life, John’s average marks in science was 80% and his average marks in mathematics was 90%. If his combined average marks in science and mathematics was 84%, while the total marks obtained by him in science was 54,000, what was John’s total marks obtained in mathematics? |
90000 81000 36000 60000 |
36000 |
Let marks in Science = 3x & Marks in Maths 2x 3x = 54000 (given) 1x = 18000 2x = 36000 John's marks in Maths = 36000 |