Question

Josie took a long multiple choice,end of year vocabulary test. The ratio of the number of problems Jose got incorrect to the number of problems she got correct is 2:9.If Josie missed 8 questions, how many did she get correct?

Answer 1

36. 
For every 2 wrong, she got 9 right, multiply this by four to get the four wrong, and the nine turns into 36

Answer 2

Answer: She got 36 correct answers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Ratio of the number of problems she got incorrect to the number of problems she got correct = 2:9

Number of incorrect answers = 8

Let the number of incorrect answers be 2x

Let the number of correct answers be 9x.

So, According to question, we get that

$2x=8\\\\x=\dfrac{8}{2}\\\\x=4$

So, the number of correct answers would be

$9x=9\times 4=36$

Hence, she got 36 correct answers.