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A test has 6060 questions. A student answered 4545 of the questions correctly. What percent of the questions did the student answer correctly?

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Answer: 75

The fraction answered correctly is 4560=0.75\frac{45}{60} = 0.75. As a percent, this is 75%75\%.

Computing 1560=25%\frac{15}{60} = 25\% gives the percent answered incorrectly.

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