Question

Mary and John are competing in a food competition. Their dish is graded on the following categories each worth 18 points: taste, presentation, and addressing the challenge. Taste is worth 60% of their final score; presentation is 25%, and addressing the challenge is 15%. Whoever has the largest final score wins $50,000.
A. What is the largest score possible?
B. Suppose Maryreceived15 points for taste, 9 points for presentation, and 14 points for addressing the challenge. Further suppose John received18 points for taste, 7 points for presentation, and 13 points for addressing the challenge. Who won?

Answer 1

Answer:

A.54

B. Mary has 38 points and John has 38 point so they are tied