A fifth of Arunâ€™s marks in mathematics exceed a third of his marks in English by 20.If he got 260 marks in two subjects together how many marks did he got in English?  Choose the correct choice from the following answers
A) 12080	B) 18060	C) 20060	D) 20040	E) none of them

Rationale: let arun â € ™ s marks in mathematics and english be x and y then ( 1 / 5 ) x - ( 1 / 3 ) y = 20 3 x - 5 y = 300 â € ¦ â € ¦ > ( 1 ) x + y = 260 â € ¦ â € ¦ . > ( 2 ) solving ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) x = 200 and y = 60 answer is c .
Answer: C