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Yasmin is taking a multiple choice test with a total of 20 points available. Each question is worth exactly 1 point. What would be Yasmin's test score (out of 20) if she got 2 questions wrong? What would be her score if she got x questions wrong?

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Answer:

• score with two questions wrong = 18

• score with x questions wrong = (20 - x)

Explanation:

The question is divided into two parts.

The first part asks us to calculate the marks that would be scored out of 20 if someone got 2 questions wrong. To do this we simply have to subtract 2 from 20 to get the score:

score = 20 - 2

= 18

Therefore, Yasmin's score would be 18.

The second part asks us to calculate the marks that would be scored if someone got x questions wrong instead. As we did in the first part, we have to take away x from 20 in order to get the score:

score = 20 - x,

where x can be any whole number.

Therefore, Yasmin's score would be (20-x).

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