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In a competitive examination negative marks of 2 are awarded for each wrong answers and 4 marks for every correct answer. If neerav gets 15 correct answers and 5 wrong answers and rajan gets 14 correct answers and no wrong answers, who gets more marks and by how much?

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Answer:

Rajan gets 6 marks more

Explanation:

Neerav's marks are (15)(4) +(5)(-2) = 60 -10 = 50.

Rajan's marks are (14)(4) = 56.

Rajan gets 6 more marks than Neerav.

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