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Question 403325: There are 24 questions on a test. Each question is worth either 4 or 5 points. The total is 100 points. Write a system of equations and find the number of each type of question on the test.
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Let represent the number of 4 point questions. Let represent the number of 5 point questions.





Solve the system by any convenient means. I used Elimination, but Substitution will also work well.

John

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