Question

Jeff answered all 25 questions on his chemistry test. For each right answer, he got 4 points and for each wrong answer he lost 2 points. If he got a score of 70 points, how many questions did he get right?

Answer 1

Answer:

Jeff got 20 answers right.

Step-by-step explanation:

The maximum number of points Jeff can get is 100. (25 * 4) However, for each question he gets wrong, he's actually losing 6 points because he doesn't get the four points for getting right, and has the additional -2 points for getting it wrong. Since he only got a score of 70, that means he lost 30 points.

30/6 = 5. So he missed 5 question and got 20 question right.