SOLUTION: Phil took a test and got 7 times as many correct answers as wrong answers, there were 160 questions on the test

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Question 1199619: Phil took a test and got 7 times as many correct answers as wrong answers, there were 160 questions on the test
Answer by ikleyn(52812) About Me  (Show Source):
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x wrong answers and 7x correct answers;

In total, x + 7x = 8x answers.


    8x = 160


implies  x = 20.  So, there were  20 wrong answers and 7*20 = 140 correct answers.