Question

In a video game, Clare scored 50% more pints than Tyler. If c is the number of points that Claire scores and t is the number of points Tyler scored, which equations are correct?

Answer 1

Question:

In a video game, Clare scored 50% more points than Tyler. If c is the number of points that Clare scored and t is the number of points that Tyler scored, which equations are correct? Select all that apply.

the options are

A. c=1.5t

B.c=t+0.5

C. c=t+0.5t

D. c=t+50

E.c=(1+0.5)t

Answer:

Options A, C, E are correct

The correct equations are c = 1.5t and c = t + 0.5t and c = (1 + 0.5)t

Solution:

Let "c" be the number of points clare scored

Let "t" be the number of points tyler scored

Given that,

Clare scored 50% more points than Tyler

Points scored by clare = points tyler scored + 50% of Tyler points

c = t + 50 % of t

Therefore, on solving, we get

$c = t + \frac{50}{100} \times t\\\\c = t + 0.5t$

Thus option c is correct

On simplfying we get,

c = t + 0.5t = 1.5t

c = 1.5t

Thus option A is correct

c = t + 0.5t

On taking "t" as common we get,

c = t(1 + 0.5)

Thus option E is also correct