Question

Corinna is taking a test in which short-answer questions are worth 10 points each and essay questions are worth 15 points each. She estimates that it takes 3 min to answer each short- answer question and 6 min to answer each essay question. The total time allowed is 60 min, and no more than 16 questions can be answered. Assuming that all her answers are correct, how many questions of each type should Corinna answer in order to get the best score?

Answer 1

Can smart people answer.??????? Corinna is taking a test in which short-answer questions are worth 10 points each and essay questions are worth 15 points each. She estimates that it takes 3 min to answer each short- answer question and 6 min to answer each essay question. The total time allowed is 60 min, and no more than 16 questions can be answered. Assuming that all her answers are correct, how many questions of each type should Corinna answer in order to get the best score?