SOLUTION: Sheryl correctly answered 85% of the questions on her 200-question biology final. Fernando scored a 90% on his 180-question chemistry final. (A) Who answered more question correct

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Question 429192: Sheryl correctly answered 85% of the questions on her 200-question biology final. Fernando scored a 90% on his 180-question chemistry final.
(A) Who answered more question correctly?
(B) Who answered more question incorrectly?

Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, stanbon:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
Sheryl: .85*200 = 170 correct and 30 incorrect
Fernando: .90*180 = 162 correct and 18 incorect
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sheryl correctly answered 85% of the questions on her 200-question biology final.
# correct = 0.85*200 = 170 correct answers
# incorrect = 30
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Fernando scored a 90% on his 180-question chemistry final.
# correct = 0.90*180 = 162 correct answers
# incorrect = 18
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(A) Who answered more question correctly?:: Sheryl
(B) Who answered more question incorrectly?:: Sheryl
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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