A boy got 50% of the questions on a test correct. If he had 10 questions correct out of the first 12, and 1/4 of the remaining questions correct, how many questions were on the test?
(1) 16 (3) 26
(2) 24 (4) 28
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A boy got 50% of the questions on a test correct. If he had 10 questions correct out of the first 12, and 1/4 of the remaining questions correct, how many questions were on the test?
(1) 16 (3) 26
(2) 24 (4) 28
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Originally Posted by symmetry
.5*x = (1/2)*x
10 + (1/4)*(x - 12) =(1/2)x
You should be able to solve for x from here.
Thank you for the equation set up.
I can take it from there.