Question

You and your friend play a game. You answer 80% of the questions correctly and your friend answers 0.60 of the questions correctly. What is the minimum number of questions in the game?

Answer 1

5

Explanation:

Assuming both players can answer the same question, the minimum number of questions is the smallest number that when multiplied by either 0.60 or 0.80 yields a whole number.

Let x be the number of questions, solving by trial and error:

`if\ x=2\\x*0.8=1.6\\x*0.6=1.2\\\\if\ x=3\\x*0.8=2.4\\x*0.6=1.8\\\\if\ x=4\\x*0.8=3.2\\x*0.6=2.4\\\\if\ x=5\\x*0.8=4\\x*0.6=3\\\\`

Therefore, the minimum number of questions in the game is 5.