Ms. Madron is giving a 40-item test worth a total of 100 pts. Fill-in-the-blank are worth 2 points and short answer are worth 3 points. How many questions are there of each? Let f represent fill-in-the-blank and s represent short answer.
A. f = 20, s = 20
B. f = 26, s = 39
C. f = 40, s = 25
D. f = 60, s = 5

Question

Ms. Madron is giving a 40-item test worth a total of 100 pts. Fill-in-the-blank are worth 2 points and short answer are worth 3 points. How many questions are there of each? Let f represent fill-in-the-blank and s represent short answer. 
	A.	f = 20, s = 20 
	B.	f = 26, s = 39 
	C.	f = 40, s = 25 
	D.	f = 60, s = 5

anonymous · Answer

F+s=40
2f+3s=100
Solve the system for the variables