SOLUTION: On an algebra test, I had seven times as many correct answers as incorrect ones. There were 120 items on the test, how many did I get right?

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Question 237925: On an algebra test, I had seven times as many correct answers
as incorrect ones. There were 120 items on the
test, how many did I get right?

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of incorrect answers
Then = number of correct answers
given:





I got 105 correct

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