Question

A hockey goalie loses 2/5 rating points each time his team loses. If his team loses 8 games in a row, what number represents the change in the goalie's rating points?

A) Negative 20 and 4/5
B) Negative 4 and 4/5
C) 16 and three-fifths
D) 20 and four-fifths

Answer 1

The goalie loses 2/5 of a rating point for each of 8 losses, resulting in a total change of Negative 3 and 1/5 rating points.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves calculating the total change in a hockey goalie's rating points after a series of losses. If the goalie loses 2/5 of a rating point each time his team loses, and the team loses 8 games in a row, we need to multiply 2/5 by 8 to find the total change.

To calculate the total loss in rating points:
(2/5) × 8 = 16/5, which simplifies to 3 and 1/5.

Since losing points negatively impacts the goalie's rating, the result is a negative number. Therefore, the correct representation of the change in the goalie's rating points is Negative 3 and 1/5.