document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=714698>Question 714698</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If i made a 84% on my test and got 8 questions wrong, how many questions were on the test? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #438980 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3758)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=438980\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The 84% represents the percent you got right. If you got 84% right, what percent did you get wrong? Answer: 100-84 = 16%<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "We needed to find the 16% because we know how many we got wrong and we can only use that number with the percent wrong to solve the problem. We can set up a proportion:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving this we should find that x = 50. So if 8 wrong is 16%, then 50 is 100% (or the whole test. So there are 50 questions on the entire test. </SPAN>\n" );
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