n an exam, 5% applicants were ineligible and 85% of eligible belonged to A category. If 4275 eligible belong to other categories, how many applied?

* 30000
* 35000
* 20000
* 40000

• let applicants be x. 5% not eligible, so eligible persons are 0.95x.
  15% of eligible are 4275 members.
  => 0.15*0.95x=4275 => x=30000.
  so 30000 members applied.
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• Ans. 30000 applicants
  
  let x applicants applied.
  Now 5% of x = .05x are ineligible and 0.95x are eligible.
  Eligible belonging to other category are 4275, which are 15% of total eligible applicants
  Therefore, 0.15 * 0.95x = 4275
  => x = 4275 / (0.15 * 0.95x) = 30000
  So 30000 applicants applied.
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• 5x/100 + 85x/100 + 4275=x
  5x+85x+427500=100x
  ans=40000
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• 7,11,13,these three are prime numbers....
  but 9 is not a prime number
  so the ans is 45
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• 85% eligible belong to A so (100-85)=15% belong to other
  simply 95/100*15/100*x=4275
  x=3000
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