SOLUTION: if a person got 85% of the questions on their test correct and they answered 17 questions correct how many questions were on the test? please explain.
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Question 708913: if a person got 85% of the questions on their test correct and they answered 17 questions correct how many questions were on the test? please explain.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of questions on the test. Then
Solve for
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