document.write( "Question 427721: A boy got 50% of the questions on a test correct. If he had 10 questions correct out of the first 12, and 1/4 of the remaining questions correct, how many questions were on the test?\r
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document.write( "Let x represent the number of questions on the test
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( " .50x = 10 + 1/4(x-12)
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( "  1/2x = 10 + 1/4x - 3
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document.write( "   2x = 40 + x - 12
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document.write( "    x = 28 questions on the test\r
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document.write( " 14 = 10 + 1/4(16) \n" );
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