SOLUTION: A student missed 41 problems on a physics test and received a grade of 7%. If all the problems were of equal value, how many problems were on the test?

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Question 1009277: A student missed
41 problems on a physics test and received a grade of
7%. If all the problems were of equal value, how many problems were on the test?

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If he scored 7%, then he missed 93%. We can set up a proportion

and
x = 44.08 or 44 problems

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