In a class of 40 students, Anjali's rank is thrice that of Anita. There are 4 students who have ranks worse than that of Anjali. Anita's rank in the class is:
In a class of 40 students, Anjali's rank is thrice that of Anita. There are 4 students who have ranks worse than that of Anjali. Anita's rank in the class is:
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 4
Let Anita's rank be . Then Anjali's rank is .
Since there are 4 students with ranks worse than Anjali, we have .
This simplifies to , leading to .
Thus, Anita's rank can be at most 12.
If , then Anjali's rank would be , which satisfies the condition.
Therefore, Anita's rank in the class is .
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