Steve gets 4 points for every correct answer and loses 1 point for every wrong answer. If he answered 30 questions and scored 20
1 answer:
Given:
Steve gets 4 points for every correct answer and loses 1 point for every wrong answer.
Total question answered by Steve = 30
Total score = 20 points
To find:
The system of equations for the given problem.
Solution:
Let x be the number of correct answers and y be the number of wrong answers.
Total question answered by Steve = 30
...(i)
Steve gets 4 points for every correct answer and loses 1 point for every wrong answer.
Score for 1 correct answer = 4
Score for x correct answer = 4x
Score for 1 wrong answer = -1
Score for y correct answer = -y
Total score = 20 points
...(ii)
The system of equations contains (i) and (ii).
Therefore, the system of equations have two equations and
.
You might be interested in