SOLUTION: How do i figure out this word problem? There are 24 questions on a test. There are two types. One type is 4 points and one type is 5 points. There are 100 points in all. How

Question 706978: How do i figure out this word problem?
There are 24 questions on a test. There are two types. One type is 4 points and one type is 5 points. There are 100 points in all. How many of each point?
I have worked this many times using elimination and it will not come out.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There are questions on a test.
There are two types, type and type
so, .......eq.1
One type is (let it be ) points and one type is points (let it be ). There are points in all.
so,.........eq.2
now solve this system:
.......eq.1
.........eq.2
________________________________
.......eq.1..solve for
......eq.1a.....substitute it in eq.2
.........eq.2.........solve for

......type points
now find
......eq.1a
......type points

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