document.write( "Question 163673: an examination paper consists of 40 questions.
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document.write( "5 marks are given for each correct answer.
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document.write( "3 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.
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document.write( "Kenny answered all 40 questions, getting x correct and y incorrect.
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document.write( "His total score for the examination was 56 marks.
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document.write( "(i)Write two equations to represent the above information.
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document.write( "(ii)Solve these equations to find out how many questions answered correctly \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #120575 by Electrified_Levi(103)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi, Hope I can help, \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "an examination paper consists of 40 questions. \n" ); document.write( "5 marks are given for each correct answer. \n" ); document.write( "3 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer. \n" ); document.write( "Kenny answered all 40 questions, getting x correct and y incorrect. \n" ); document.write( "His total score for the examination was 56 marks. \n" ); document.write( "(i)Write two equations to represent the above information. \n" ); document.write( "(ii)Solve these equations to find out how many questions answered correctly \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "First we have to find the two equations. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "First equation - Since there are 40 questions, both the wrong answered questions, as well as the right answered questions add up to 40 questions \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "If \"x\" is the number of correct answers, \"y\" is the number of wrong answers we can add these together and they will equal 40, our first equation is equal to \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Second equation - 5 marks are given for each correct answer. \n" ); document.write( "3 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer. His total score for the examination was 56 marks. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "If he answered \"x\" number of problems right, he gets 5 marks for each problem that is right. To get the number of marks for right answers, you would multiply the number of marks for one right answer(5) by the number of right answers (\"x\"). So the number of marks for right answers would be \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Equation 1 = \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Equation 2 = \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To solve for \"x\" and \"y\", there are several methods you can use. We will use the easiest method for solving any system of equations. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "First solve for a letter in both equations, doesn't matter which one, usually the easiest. We will solve for \"x\" in both equations \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Equation 1, \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To solve for \"x\" we will move \"y\" to the right side. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Second equation, \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To start solving we will move (-3y) to the right side \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To find \"x\" we will divide each side by \"5\" \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We can put them both in an equation, and then solve for \"y\" \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We can cross multiply \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We can use the distributive property to solve for \"y\" even more. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We will move (-5y) to the right side \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To solve for \"y\" we need to divide each side by \"8\" \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We found \"y\", \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Replacing \"y\" with \"18\", \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To find \"x\" we will replace \"y\" with \"18\" in one of the original equations \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Equation 1 = \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Equation 2 = \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Replacing \"y\" with \"18\", \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To find \"x\" we will move \"18\" to the right side \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We found \"x\", \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Our two answers are \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We can check our answers by replacing \"x\" with \"22\", \"y\" with \"18\" in both of our original equations \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Replacing \"x\" with \"22\", \"y\" with \"18\" \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Equation 1 = \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Equation 2 = \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "He got 22 problems right \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "He got 18 problems wrong \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Hope I helped, Levi \n" ); document.write( " |