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For one Geometry test, Nancy correctly answered 18 questions. These correct answers gave her a percent score of 72%. In total, how many questions were on this Geometry test?

User Yevhenii
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Answer:

25 questions.

Explanation:

Correct answer = 18

The percent score of the correct answers is 72%.

Let there are x questions in the test. So,

According to the given condition,


72\%\ of\ x=18\\\\(72)/(100)x=18\\\\x=(18* 100)/(72)\\\\x=25

Hence, there were 25 questions in the geometry test.

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