SOLUTION: Suppose you scored 80% on a test and answered 32 questions correctly. How many questions were on the test? and i was wondering if you could do this problem step by step for me

Question 218371: Suppose you scored 80% on a test and answered 32 questions correctly. How many questions were on the test?

and i was wondering if you could do this problem step by step for me so i can see how to do it?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let

represent the number of questions on the test. 80% of the questions on the test must then be

which is equal to 32, so:

Divide both sides by 0.8.

John

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