SOLUTION: 78% of the questions on a student's test were correct. There were 50 questions. How many of the questions were correct?

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Question 1202618: 78% of the questions on a student's test were correct. There were 50 questions. How many of the questions were correct?
Answer by ikleyn(52780)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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and I responded that 

    Your post needs to be corrected.


    This passage  " 78% of the questions on a student's test were correct " sounds as if you scratch a nail on a glass.


    Correctly is to say  " 78% of the    on a student's test were correct ".

Is it so difficult to understand ?


Consult with your professor, from whom you got this assignment, and show him (or her) this my response.

Or provide his  (or her)  contacts to me,  and I will explain him  (or her)
why this formulation is incorrect and how to formulate this problem in a correct way.


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