SOLUTION: Bill took part in a quiz. There were three types of questions. Question type and Points knowledge : 2 skill :

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Question 1017493: Bill took part in a quiz. There were three types of questions.
Question type and Points
knowledge : 2
skill : 5
application : 7
Bill scored 39 points. What is the maximum number of questions that Bill could have answered correctly?

Answer is shown : 18 . but I couldn’t find the best working way to solve this problem? Thanks
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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His score was odd, so he needed one odd Point gain.
39-5=34
He got 34 points from 17 2 point questions.
18 answers total.