document.write( "Question 484340: Test scores. Pam scored 78 on a test that had 4 fill-in questions worth 7 points each and 24 multiple-choice questions worth 3 points each. She had one fill-in question wrong. How many multiple-choice questions did Pam get right?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #331397 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Test scores. Pam scored 78 on a test that had 4 fill-in questions worth 7 points each and 24 multiple-choice questions worth 3 points each. She had one fill-in question wrong. How many multiple-choice questions did Pam get right? \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "Let \"x\" be the number of correct multi-choice questions) \n" ); document.write( "78 = 3*7 + 3x \n" ); document.write( "3x = 78-21 \n" ); document.write( "3x = 57 \n" ); document.write( "x = 19 (# of correct multiple-choice questions) \n" ); document.write( "------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "============= \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |