Mike needs 30% to pass. If he scored 212 marks and falls short by 16 marks, what was the maximum marks he could have got? Answers.
A) 643  B) 677  C) 760  D) 767  E) 832

Rationale: if mike had scored 16 marks more , he could have scored 30 % therefore , mike required 212 + 16 = 228 marks let the maximum marks be m . then 30 % of m = 228 ( 30 / 100 ) × m = 228 m = ( 228 × 100 ) / 30 m = 22800 / 30 m = 760 answer : c
Answer: C