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In an examination, a pupils average marks was 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per paper would have been 65. How many papers were there in the examination? (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11

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8

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9

C

10

D

11

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