document.write( "Question 863449: Judy made 84% on her last math test. If she missed 4 problems, how many questions were on the test?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #520422 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x = number of questions on the test\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "She missed 4 questions, so she got x-4 questions correct.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "84% of (number of questions on test) = number of correct answers\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "0.84x = x - 4\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "0.84x-x = -4\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-0.16x = -4\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = -4/(-0.16)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 25\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So there are 25 questions total on the test. She missed 4 of them, so she got 25-21 = 24 questions correct. Notice how 21/25 = 0.84 ---> 0.84*100 = 84% \n" ); document.write( " |