SOLUTION: bert scores 85% in an exam having gained a total of 34 marks.How many marks would bert have scored hag he got all of the questions in the exam correct (in other words, if he had sc

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Question 1011069: bert scores 85% in an exam having gained a total of 34 marks.How many marks would bert have scored hag he got all of the questions in the exam correct (in other words, if he had scored 100%)
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34/.85 = 40

if he got them all right he would have scored 40.

.85 * 40 = 34.