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A student gets 9 out of 15 problems correct on a homework assignment. What percent of the assignment did the student get incorrect? Enter your answer in the box.

User DuSant
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Answer:

If he got 9 out of 15 correct, he got 6 problems incorrect.

6/15 is incorrect

6/15 × 100

40 % is your answer

User Bin Chen
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Answer:

40% are incorrect

Explanation:

If 9 are correct then 15-9 = 6

6 are incorrect

6/15 = 2/5

Change to a percent

2/5 *20/20 = 40/100

Percent means out of 100

40% are incorrect

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