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A student received a 75% on an exam. If there were 20 questions on the exam, which ratio would show the number of questions answered correctly to the total number of questions? A. 20:5 B. 5:20 C. 15:20 D. 20:15

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C, 15:20.

The student missed 5 questions.

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User Ardiien
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For this case what you can do is the following rule of three:
100% ---> 20
75% -----> x
Clearing the value of x we have:
x = (75/100) * (20)
x = 15
This number represents the number of correct answers.
We have then that the ratio is:
15:20
Answer:
A ratio that would show the number of questions answered correctly to the total number of questions is:
C. 15:20
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