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Alec is doing a test of 50 questions. He gets 2 marks for every question that is correct, but loses 1 mark for every question th

at is wrong. Alec answers every question and scores 67 marks. How many questions did he answer correctly?

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slega [8]3 years ago

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Alec got 33 and a half questions correctly because he got one mark on the 34th Question

Step-by-step explanation:

50×2=100

100-67=33 and a half

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