After the mid-term examination Rupesh ranked 10th from the top and Rachit ranked 21st from the bottom. If Rachit performed better than Rupesh and six students ranked between them, how many students appeared in the examination?

After the mid-term examination Rupesh ranked 10th from the top and Rachit ranked 21st from the bottom. If Rachit performed better than Rupesh and six students ranked between them, how many students appeared in the examination? Correct Answer 23

Given:

  1.  Rupesh ranked 10th from the top and Rachit ranked 21st from the bottom.
  2.  Rachit performed better than Rupesh and six students ranked between them.

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Rupesh rank from the bottom: 21 -7 = 14th.

Therefore, total number students appeared  in the examination = 10 + 14 -1 = 23 .

Hence,, the correct answer is "Option (4): 23".

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