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4. Cindy's math test had 94 questions on it. Shegot 14 problems wrong, what percent of the problems did she get correct?

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We can solve this question by means of the rule of three as follows:


\begin{gathered} 94\text{questions ------ 100 \%} \\ 80\text{ correct answers ---- x} \end{gathered}

then, x is given by


x=(80*100)/(94)

which gives x= 85.11. Then the answer is 85.11 %

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