Question 308644: On a spelling test, Mariah had 1/6 of her words wrong. If 15 words were wrong, how many were right?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! On a spelling test, Mariah had 1/6 of her words wrong. If 15 words were wrong, how many were right?
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If 1/6 were wrong, 5/6 were correct.
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Equation:
Let "x" be be the total number in the test.
(1/6)x = 15
x = 90
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# correct = (5/6)90 = 75
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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