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Question 1126524: In a Math Olympiad quiz five points are awarded for a correct answer and two points are deducted for wrong answer or if a question is left unanswered. Taha attempted all 30 questions and his total score for the quiz was not more than 66 Find the maximum number of correct answers he obtained.
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Let "C" represents the number of correct answers.


Then the number of incorrect answers is  (30-C).


The inequality is


    5C - 2*(30-C) <= 66.


    5C - 60 + 2C <= 66


    7C <= 66 + 60 = 126  ====>  C <= 126%2F7 = 18.


Answer.  The number of correct answers is not more than 18.


         Or, equivalently,  The number of correct answers is at most 18.

Solved.