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A contestant on a quiz show gets 50 points for every correct answer and loses 100 points for each incorrect answer. After answe...Asked by Simon
A contestant on a quiz show gets 50 points for every correct answer and loses 100 points for each incorrect answer. After answering 24 questions, the contestant has 300 points. How many questions has the contestant answered correctly? Incorrectly?
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Steve
If there are x correct answers, then there are 24-x mistakes. So, you need to solve
50x - 100(24-x) = 300
50x - 100(24-x) = 300
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