If the rectangle has a fixed width of 300, it means that

where
and
are width and length, respetively.
So given the length
, the are would be

Given that the team starts with a score of 0, after skipping 8 turns they would have 8 points deducted and thus end up with a score of -8. Now if they guess 6 answers correctly this would add 6 points to their score and so they would end up with -8 + 6 = -2 points.
Answer:
which p? there isn't any p in above equation
Convert it then you will fine the weight.