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Joshua took a math contest with 25 questions. Each correct answer earned 6 points while each incorrect answer deducted 4 points. Joshua answered every question and earned 100 points. How many questions did Joshua answer correctly?

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Let 'x' represent the number of questions answered correctly.

Then then the number of incorrect answered questions is: '25 - x'.

6x - (25 - x)*4 = 100

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x = 20 questions

Joshua answered 20 questions correctly.