SOLUTION: Find the percent of the number. On a math test,you obtained a score of 66 points. This was 88% of the total number of points on the test.How many total points were on the test?

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Question 118459: Find the percent of the number.
On a math test,you obtained a score of 66 points. This was 88% of the total number of points on the test.How many total points were on the test?
Any help with this equation would be greatly appreciated.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the total number of questions. If we knew the number of total questions and the number answered correctly, we would divide the number correct by the total number to get the percentage score. Symbolically,

66%2Fx=0.88

I'll let you do the arithmetic.

Hope this helps,
John