A student answered 86 problems correctly, which was 81.9% of the total number of problems on the test. How many problems did the student answer incorrectly?Choose 1 answer:(A) 4(B) 19(C) 86(D) 105
Q. A student answered 86 problems correctly, which was 81.9% of the total number of problems on the test. How many problems did the student answer incorrectly?Choose 1 answer:(A) 4(B) 19(C) 86(D) 105
Find Total Number: First, we need to find the total number of problems on the test. We can do this by using the percentage of problems the student answered correctly.We have:Percentage of problems answered correctly = 81.9%Number of problems answered correctly = 86To find the total number of problems, we use the formula:Total number of problems = Number of problems answered correctly / (Percentage of problems answered correctly / 100)
Calculate Total: Now we calculate the total number of problems:Total number of problems = 86/(81.9/100)Total number of problems = 86/0.819Total number of problems ≈105 (rounded to the nearest whole number since the number of problems cannot be a fraction)We have found the total number of problems on the test.
Find Incorrectly Answered: Next, we need to find the number of problems the student answered incorrectly. We can do this by subtracting the number of problems answered correctly from the total number of problems.Number of problems answered incorrectly = Total number of problems − Number of problems answered correctly
Calculate Incorrectly Answered: Now we calculate the number of problems answered incorrectly:Number of problems answered incorrectly = 105−86Number of problems answered incorrectly = 19
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