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In a test, a correct answer gives 4 marks and a wrong answer gives −1 mark. Out of 20 questions, the total score is 55. How many answers are correct?

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Correct answer: 15

The governing idea is to model the numbers of correct and wrong answers as two linear equations. Let c be the number of correct answers and w the number of wrong answers. Since all 20 questions are counted, c + w = 20. The marking rule gives 4c − w = 55, because each wrong answer contributes negative one mark. Adding the two equations eliminates w: 5c = 75, so c = 15. Then w = 20 − 15 = 5, and the score check is 15 × 4 − 5 × 1 = 60 − 5 = 55. Thus option C is correct. Options A, B and D would produce scores 47, 52 and 61 respectively when the remaining answers are treated as wrong, so they fail the given total.

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