Please help with this math question
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Given :
Stephanie took a science exam that had two parts. Part 1: She got 16 questions correct, which was 4/5 of the number of part 1 questions. Part 2: She got 16 questions correct, which was 2/3 of the number of part 2 questions.
To Find :
The total number of questions on Stephanie's exam.
Solution :
Let, number of questions in Part 1 is x :
Let, number of questions in Part 2 is y :
Therefore, total number of questions on Stephanie's exam are 20 + 40 = 60.
Hence, this is the required solution.
Explanation:
This can be explained by thinking numbers on the number line as:
Lets take we have to multiply a positive number (say, 2) with a negative number say (-3)
<u>2×(-3)</u>
Suppose someone is standing at 0 on the number line and to go to cover -3 , the person moves 3 units in the left hand side. Since, we have to compute for 2×(-3), The person has to cover the same distance twice. At last, he will be standing at -6, which is a negative number.
A image is shown below to represent the same.
<u>Thus, a positive times a negative is a negative number.</u>
