A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is :

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Let there be x pupils in the class. Total increase in marks = (x * 1/2) = x/2. x/2 = (83 - 63) => x/2 = 20 => x = 40.

A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is :

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