SOLUTION: You are taking a test in which multiple choice questions are worth 9 points and essay quetions are worth 12 points. You answer 16 questions correctly, and your score was 162. Find

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Question 659865: You are taking a test in which multiple choice questions are worth 9 points and essay quetions are worth 12 points. You answer 16 questions correctly, and your score was 162. Find how many questions of each type you answered correctly.
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12x 6right=72---------essay (6)
9x 10right=90--------multiple choice(10)
total 72+90=162