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On an entrance exam there are about 100 questions, for each wrong answer 1/3 marks will be reduced. A boy attended the exam and earned a final score of 53.33. So, now out of hundred, how many questions did the boy answered correctly and how many did he answered wrong? assuming that he has answered 100 questions completely on that exam ?

posted Jun 20, 2018 by Binu Mon

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65 correct and 35 wrong answers


If x- correct and y- wrong,
x+y=100
x-1/3*y=53.33

answer Jun 21, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov



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