SOLUTION: On a vocabulary quiz, Luis answered only 27, or 3 out of 5 , questions correctly. How many question were on the quiz?

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Question 912154: On a vocabulary quiz, Luis answered only 27, or 3 out of 5 , questions correctly. How many question were on the quiz?
Answer by JulietG(1812)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
27 = 60% of what number?
Divide each side by .6
= 45
There were 45 questions on the test. Luis answered or of them. Luis should have just guessed on the rest. Even if he gets all of those he answered correct, the best he can do is a D-.

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