document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=549371>Question 549371</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you missed 3 problems on a test and got 93%. How many problems were on the test? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "part/whole=percent/100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we know the part and the percent, but not the whole. The 3 questions must have been 7% of the test 100%-93%=7%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/x=7/100 or 3/x=7% or 3/x=.07 depending on how you want to write it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply both sides by x and we get 3=.07x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide both sides by .93 and we get 3/.07=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we'd get 42.9 which we can round off to 43. \r<BR>\n" );
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