SOLUTION: I correctly answered 27 questions, which was 90% of the questions on the test. How many questions did I not answer correctly?

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Question 446525: I correctly answered 27 questions, which was 90% of the questions on the test. How many questions did I not answer correctly?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
Let x represent the number of questions on the test
Question states***
.90x = 27
x = 27/.9
x = 30
How many questions did I not answer correctly?
30 - 27 = 3 answered incorrectly (Note: 10% of 30 )
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