SOLUTION: James answered 84% of the test questions correctly. He answered 21 questions correctly. How many questions were on the test?

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Question 1051642: James answered 84% of the test questions correctly. He answered 21 questions correctly.
How many questions were on the test?

Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let n be the number of test questions. Then:
.84n=21
n=21/.84=25
There were 25 test questions total. ☺☺☺☺