Question

Curtis plays a trivia game he earns 2 points for each correct answer and loses 0.25 points for each incorrect answer he get 21 correct points answers and 4 incorrect answers. What is his score for the game?

Answer 1

41

Explanation:

Curtis is playing a trivia game.

Number of points earned for each correct answer = 2

Number of points lost for each correct answer = 0.25

Given that:

Number of correct answers given by Curtis = 21

Number of wrong answers given by Curtis = 4

To find:

Total score of the game by Curtis?

Solution:

First of all, let us find the points earned by correct answers.

Points earned by correct answers = Number of correct answers multiplied by Points earned on one correct answer.

Points earned by correct answers = 21
`*` 2 = 42

Now, let us find the points to be lost by wrong answers.

Points lost by wrong answers = Number of wrong answers multiplied by Points lost on one correct answer.

Points lost by wrong answers = 4
`*` 0.25 = 1

The score of the game can be calculated by subtracting the points lost from the points earned.

Score = 42 - 1 = 41