Question

So far this semester, Brian is averaging a score of 63 points on math tests, which is 10% lower than his average last semester. What was the average of his scores last semester?

Answer 1

Explanation:

So far this semester, What was the average of his scores last semester?

Let us represent last semester average score as x

We are told that:

Brian is averaging a score of 63 points on math tests, which is 10% lower than his average last semester.

This is expressed Mathematically as:

63 = x - 10%

63 = x - 0.1

Collect like termd

x = 63 + 0.1

x = 63.1