SOLUTION: Joe did 7/8 of the problems on a quiz correctly and five incorrectly. if he did all the problems how many problems were there?
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Question 919896: Joe did 7/8 of the problems on a quiz correctly and five incorrectly. if he did all the problems how many problems were there? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Joe did 7/8 of the problems on a quiz correctly and five incorrectly. if he did all the problems how many problems were there?
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Let "x" be the number of problems.
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Equation::
(1/8)x = 5
x = 40 (# of problems)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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