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Form the pair of linear equations in the following problems and their solutions (if they exist) by any algebraic method.
Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each wrong answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each incorrect answer, then Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the test?

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Total number of questions = 20
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