Marissa got an 85% on her math quiz. If she got 34 questions correct, know how many questions were on the quiz.

Mathematics

2 answers:

ikadub [295]3 years ago

8 0

Answer: 40

Reasoning: 34/.85= 40

40x.85=34

worty [1.4K]3 years ago

6 0

Let q represent the total number of questions on the quiz. Then 0.85q = 34, and q = 34/0.85 = 40. There were 40 questions on the quiz.

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