CSAT
Easy
Maths
Prelims 2023
In an examination, the maximum marks for each of the four papers namely P, Q, R and S are 100. Marks scored by the students are in integers. A student can score 99% in n different ways. What is the value of n? Let , , , and be the marks scored in papers P, Q, R, and S respectively. Since the maximum marks for each paper is 100, we have . The total marks is . The maximum possible total marks is . 99% of the maximum marks is . We need to find the number of integer solutions to the equation , subject to the constraint .
Without the upper bound restriction, the number of non-negative integer solutions is given by . However, we have the constraint . Let , , , . Then . The number of non-negative integer solutions to is . Thus, .
Final Answer: The final answer is
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