An entrance examination paper consisted of 5 sections. 7% of the total candidates who appeared for...

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An entrance examination paper consisted of 5 sections. 7% of the total candidates who appeared for the examination cleared the cut-off for all the sections and 3% cleared none. From the rest, 20% cleared four sections and 15% cleared just one. If 8.5% of the total candidates cleared two sections and 550 students cleared three, what is the total number of candidates that appeared for the examination? 1. 1000 2. 1320 3. 1275 4. 1250 1100 5. An entrance examination paper consisted of 5 sections. 7% of the total candidates who appeared for the examination cleared the cut-off for all the sections and 3% cleared none. From the rest, 20% cleared four sections and 15% cleared just one. If 8.5% of the total candidates cleared two sections and 550 students cleared three, what is the total number of candidates that appeared for the examination? 1. 1000 2. 1320 3. 1275 4. 1250 1100 5.

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