in an examination , questions were asked in 5 sections . out of the total students , 5 % candidates cleared the cut - off in all the sections and 5 % cleared none . of the rest , 25 % cleared only one section and 20 % cleared 4 sections . if 24.5 % of the entire candidates cleared two sections and 300 candidates cleared 3 sections . find out how many candidates appeared at the examination ?