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Louann and Carla received equal scores on a test made up of multiple choice questions and an essay. Louann got 14 multiple choice questions correct and received 24 points for her essay. Carla got 16 multiple choice questions correct and received 14 points for her essay.

How many points was each multiple choice question worth?

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Answer:

The correct answer is: X = 5

Explanation:

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Right now we only know that Louann got 14 multipe choice questions correct and recieved 24 points for her essay while Carla got 16 multiple choice questions correct and received 14 points for her essay. We don't know how many questions there are in total, correct? So let's plug in our numbers and use x to represent the unknown amount of questions:

14x + 24 = 16x + 14

= 2x + 10

= x = 5

I hope this helped!

Cheers, mate!



User Muhamad Iqbal
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Each multiple choice question was worth 5 points.

14x+24 = 16x +14
2x = 10
x = 5
User Saurabh Gour
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