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Terrell is competing in a math contest. He earns
5 points for every correct answer, and he loses 2
points for every incorrect response. Terrell
answered 4 questions incorrectly in the first round,
but he earned a game score of 52 points. The
expression below can be used to tind the number of
correct answers Terrell had in the first round.
How many problems did Terrell answer correctly?

Answer :

Answer:

Terrell got 12 answers correct

Explanation:

he would have had 60 points + 4 incorrect = 4 times 2 = 8 total lost points

60-8= 52 which was the game score

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