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Colin got 16 out of 80 correct in his test.

What fraction of the marks did he get wrong?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

User Ryan V
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Answer:

4/5

Explanation:

substract the number of questions he got correctly from the total number of the questions to yield 80-16=64

then set the fraction as number of incorrect questions as the numerator and the total number of questions as the denominator

64/60=4/5

User Fuggly
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Answer:4/5

Explanation:

=80 out of 80 - 16 out of 80

=64 out of 80

User Freestyle
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