SOLUTION: A student missed 5 problems on a history test and received a grade of 89% if all the problems were of equal value, how many problems were on the test. round off your answer to the
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Question 832434: A student missed 5 problems on a history test and received a grade of 89% if all the problems were of equal value, how many problems were on the test. round off your answer to the nearest integer
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of problems on the test
is the number answered correctly
There were 45 problems on the test
check:
The student missed 5, so 40 were answered correctly
close enough
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