Question

Kevin is playing a trivia game. The game awards the player 5 points for each correct answer but deducts 2 points for each incorrect answer. If Kevin scores more than 100 points, which of the following describes xx, the number of questions he answered correctly, and yy, the number of questions he answered incorrectly?

a) x−y>100x−y>100
b) 5x−2y>1005x−2y>100
c) 5x+2y>1005x+2y>100
d) 3x−2y>1003x−2y>100

Answer 1

The correct description for Kevin scoring more than 100 points in the trivia game with the numbers of correct (x) and incorrect (y) answers is represented by the equation 5x - 2y > 100.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the trivia game Kevin is playing, he scores 5 points for each correct answer and loses 2 points for each incorrect answer. To find out how the number of correct answers (x) and incorrect answers (y) relate to Kevin scoring more than 100 points, we can set up an equation. For each correct answer, Kevin gets 5 points, hence 5x. For each incorrect answer, 2 points are deducted, resulting in -2y. Combining these, if the score is greater than 100, the equation will be 5x - 2y > 100.