SOLUTION: If I take a test that has 42 questions and I got 14 wrong what is my percentage. Thank you!

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Question 490802: If I take a test that has 42 questions and I got 14 wrong what is my percentage. Thank you!
Answer by emargo19(101)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since you wnt to know your percent for the right ones (let the percent for correct ones be x)
First:42-14=30
next 42 correct means 100 percent
30 correct we need to find the percent.
42--------100
30--------x
So cross multiply:



Your percent is 71.43%

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