Question

Jeremiah answers 90% of the questions on his test correctly. There are 40 questions on the test.

Correct Test Questions
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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Jeremiah writes the expression 40 minus (StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction times 40) to determine the number of questions answered correctly. Which is an equivalent expression?
StartFraction 9 over 10 EndFraction times 40
40 minus 36
(StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction times 40) minus 40
(40 minus StartFraction 1 over 10 EndFraction) times 40

Answer 1

option . D

Explanation:

The reason for this is because it is turned around which is able to be turned around and have the same answer in the end.