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Students solve word problems. They received 3 points for each correctly solved task. Four points were deducted for a task that was not solved or incorrectly solved. Tomas solved a total of 15 tasks and scored 24 points. How many tasks did he solve correctly? What percentage was successful?

Final Answer:

x =  12
p =  80 %

Step-by-step explanation:

3x4(15x)=24  3 x4 (15x)=24  7x=84  x=784=12  x=12
p=100 15x=100 1512=15100 12=151200=80%



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