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Tucker and Emily both had math tests today. Tucker got 16 out of 20 questions correct. Emily said she got the same percentage correct, but she had 25 questions on her test. How many questions did Emily get correct?

Answer :

Tucker answered [tex]$16$[/tex] out of [tex]$20$[/tex] questions correctly. To find his percentage score, we compute

[tex]$$
\text{Percentage} = \frac{16}{20} = 0.8.
$$[/tex]

This means Tucker got [tex]$80\%$[/tex] of the questions correct.

Emily got the same percentage correct on her test, but she had [tex]$25$[/tex] questions. Therefore, the number of questions Emily answered correctly is

[tex]$$
0.8 \times 25 = 20.
$$[/tex]

Thus, Emily got [tex]$\boxed{20}$[/tex] questions correct.

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