SOLUTION: One of your peerswas absent on the day of the test. The class average for 24 students was 75% before that person took the test. After the student took the test, the average incre
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Question 341157: One of your peerswas absent on the day of the test. The class average for 24 students was 75% before that person took the test. After the student took the test, the average increased to 76%. What did that person get on the test?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be what the absent person got on the test.
(24*.75+x)/25=.76
24*.75+x=19
18+x=19
x=1.00=100%
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Ed
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