In a class of 65 students and 4 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 40% of the total number of students. How many sweets are there?
(a)104
(b)845
(c)949
(d)897
(e)None of these
Answer
Answer (as printed): C
Explanation
Number of sweets obtained by each student $=20\%$ of $65=13$. Number of sweets obtained by each teacher $=40\%$ of $65=26$. ∴ Total number of sweets $=65 \times 13+4 \times 26=845+104=949$.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.