SOLUTION: a student who correctly answered 72 questions correct on a test, received a 75%. how many questions were on the test?

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Question 89418: a student who correctly answered 72 questions correct on a test, received a 75%. how many questions were on the test?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let numer of questions be "x".
EQUATION:
0.75x = 72
x = 96 (# of questions in the test)
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Cheers,
Stan H.