Question

Sierra plays a hockey video game. She earns 5 stars for every goal she scores and loses 1/2 star every time she misses the goal. She scores 4 goals and misses the goal 8 times. How many stars does she have? O A. 16 O B. 24 O C. 12 OD. 20

Answer 1

A. 16

Step-by-step explanation:

if Sierra earns 5 stars for every goal and she scores 4 goals, we can say that she earns:

Stars earned = 5 x 4 goals = 20 stars

Then, she loses 1/2 stars for every time that she misses the goal and she misses the goal 8 times. It means that she lost:

Lose Stars = 1/2 x 8 = 4 stars

Therefore, she has the stars that she earned less the stars that she lost, so:

20 stars - 4 stars = 16 starts

So, the answer is A. 16