Question

A computer game involves creating words of five or more letters. At the beginning of each game, the computer assigns a points value of 1, 2, 3 or 4 to each letter of the alphabet, at random.

In the game that I am currently playing I have so far scored 14 points for EARTH, 12 points for CHART and 11 points for TRACE.
How many points would TEACHER score in this game? SHOW YOUR WORK

Answer 1

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Answer:

18

Explanation:

EARTH - TRACE = H - C = 14 - 11 = 3

For the given possible numerical values of the letters, the difference H - C = 3 means that ...

H = 4, C = 1

Then ...

CHART = ART + C + H = ART + 1 + 4 = 12

ART = 7

So, ...

TEACHER = EARTH +TRACE -ART = 14 +11 -7

TEACHER = 18