In JEE examination the paper consists of 90 questions. The marks are awarded in such a way that if a person gets a question correct, he gets + 4 marks; if he does it wrong, he gets − 2 marks; if he leaves the question unanswered, he gets 0 marks (as per 2015). Find the sum of all possible marks that a student can get in JEE.
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I wish you won't have reminded me that nightmare!
Uhmm, Just one question, How would a guy achieve -178?
did the same way :)
nice solution^^
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Thanks dude!
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is it self created problem?
Can you help me? I don't understand the 358 stuff.
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See A person cannot get 358/360. A total of 358 is impossible. So u gotta subtract 358 from the sum obtained.
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Ya, its clear. Thank you!
just a question how do u find the common difference to be 2???
Who could u say that only 358 is not possible can there be more such numbers???
Sad! Instead od 358, I took by mistake 354!
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Since the marking scheme is + 4 , − 2 , a person can never get odd marks in JEE. The maximum marks one can get is 3 6 0 and minimum is − 1 8 0 . Thus the sum is sum of an arithmetic progression with first term − 1 8 0 and last term 3 6 0 and common difference 2 .Let the total terms be n . So ,
3 6 0 = − 1 8 0 + ( n − 1 ) 2 ⇒ 5 4 0 = ( n − 1 ) 2 ⇒ n − 1 = 2 7 0 ⇒ n = 2 7 1
Thus the sum is given by:
2 2 7 1 [ 2 ( − 1 8 0 ) + ( 2 7 1 − 1 ) 2 ] ⇒ S = 2 2 7 1 [ − 3 6 0 + 5 4 0 ] ⇒ S = 2 2 7 1 [ 1 8 0 ] ⇒ S = 2 7 1 × 9 0 ⇒ S = 2 4 3 9 0
But why is this not the answer? The problem is with the mischievous 3 5 8 . We would think it as 3 6 0 − 2 but we have only 9 0 questions and not 9 1 questions. Hence , the required sum is = 2 4 3 9 0 − 3 5 8 = 2 4 0 3 2 .