On a science test, students earn 5 points for each correct answer and lose 2 points for each incorrect answer. If there are 56 q

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On a science test, students earn 5 points for each correct answer and lose 2 points for each incorrect answer. If there are 56 q

uestions on the test, a student’s score is shown by the expression 5(56−w)−2w, where w represents the number of wrong answers. Pete says that the expression 7(40−w) could also be used. Is Pete correct? Why or why not? Show your work.

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riadik2000 [5.3K] · Answer 1 · 2023-05-07T07:42:03+03:00

riadik2000 [5.3K]2 years ago

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Answer:

He is wrong

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