SOLUTION: How many questions are incorrect with a score of 83 on a 80- question test?

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Question 756010: How many questions are incorrect with a score of 83 on a 80- question test?
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Calculate 17% (100 - 83) of 80. Round your number missed to the nearest whole number. Subtract from 80. Divide that result by 80. See if that rounds off to 83. If not, add 1 to the number missed and repeat. The one that rounds to 83 is your answer.

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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20077)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How many questions are incorrect with a score of 83 on a 80- question test?

Since the student got 83% correct, the student got 17% incorrect.

17% of 80 is 13.6 incorrect.  So there could have been some partial credit
given or else, what is most likely, the score was rounded off.

If 13 questions were incorrect, the score would be 83.75 and if
14 were incorrect it would be 82.5.

If the teacher rounds up with .5 or more, the student missed 14 questions.
But if the teacher always rounds down, the student missed 13 questions.

Edwin
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