SOLUTION: On a particular quiz, there are 15 easy questions and 15 hard questions. The easy questions are worth 4 points each, and the hard questions are worth 10 points each. No partial cre

Question 215970: On a particular quiz, there are 15 easy questions and 15 hard questions. The easy questions are worth 4 points each, and the hard questions are worth 10 points each. No partial credit is possible. Sam earns a total of 92 points on the quiz. What is the greatest number of hard questions that he could have answered correctly?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
15x<92
x<92/15
x<6.13333 ans. or the maximum number of hard questions answered correctly=6.
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