ShannonL
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Mark got 14 problems wrong on his test. His score was 72% correct. How many problems were on the test? Please show work.

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Giovi

Consider that 100%-72%=28% represents the percentage of wrong answers. I would think as fractions as:
if 100%  is the total number of answers and 28% are the wrong ones
as
if x is the total you have 14 wrong you can write:
\(\frac{100}{28} = \frac{x}{14}\)
x=(100/28)*14=50 questions

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Consider that 100%-72%=28% represents the percentage of wrong answers. I would think as fractions as:

if 100%  is the total number of answers and 28% are the wrong ones

as

if x is the total you have 14 wrong you can write:


x=(100/28)*14=50 questions

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