Question

When Jose took the test over, he increased his score by 15 percentage points. Jose raised his score to an 83% on the test.

Which of the following equations represents the word problem if "x" represents Jose's score on the first test?

Answer 1

I believe that the equation would be: x + 15 = 83. Since x represents the unknown score, we need to put that first in the equation. Then, when you add the 15 to the unknown score, it would make the equation “x + 15”. You still need to add 83% which is the final score, to the equation, so it would be “x + 15 =