John ranks 19th in class and is 36th from the last. How many students are there in the Class?

a) 53
b) 54
c) 51
d) 50
e) None of the above Ans:

• total 54 students
  
  
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• 54 is the answer
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• 19+35=54 total students
  
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• 19+36-1=54
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• 19+36-1=54
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• Add "1" from last 54
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• why add 1 to35 please explain
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• Since 19th become 36th from last..,remaining is 18. i.e 18+36=54
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• b is the correct
  
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• Solution is like that:
  19th rank in Class means
  i)18 has Higher rank than John
  ii) John and
  iii) 35 has the lower rank than John
  [18+1+35]=54 ans
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• total students=19+36=55
  so john is repeating then =55-1
  total students=54
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