Question

In a test consisting of 12 questions, each student gets a score of +23 for every correct answer and −13 for every incorrect answer. Each question must be answered. Ram gets 7 correct and 5 incorrect answers. What's his score?

Answer 1

96 scores

Explanation:

Score for each correct answer = +23

Score for each incorrect answer =
`-13`

Each question must be answered such that Ram gets 7 correct and 5 incorrect answers.

Number of correct answers
`=7`

Number of incorrect answers
`=5`

Therefore,

Ram's score
`=7(23)+5(-13)=161-65=96`