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Unattempted: 7
Incorrect: 4
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41%
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In an examination, the Data Insights section has 20 questions. Each correct answer awards 3 points, while each incorrect answer results in a 1-point deduction, and there is no penalty for unanswered questions. During his only attempt, Paul scored 35 points on this section.
Based on the above information, select for Unattempted the maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and for Incorrect the maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still scored 35 points.
Based on the above information, select for Unattempted the maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and for Incorrect the maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still scored 35 points.
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Unattempted: 7
Incorrect: 4
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In an examination, the Data Insights section has 20 questions. Each correct answer awards 3 points, while each incorrect answer results in a 1-point deduction, and there is no penalty for unanswered questions. During his only attempt, Paul scored 35 points on this section.
Based on the above information, select for Unattempted the maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and for Incorrect the maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still scored 35 points.
Based on the above information, select for Unattempted the maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and for Incorrect the maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still scored 35 points.
Official Solution:
To maximize the number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered, we should minimize the number of correct and incorrect answers. The minimum number of questions Paul could have answered correctly to score 35 is 12. In this case, he would have earned 3 * 12 = 36 points, so he must have answered one question incorrectly to reduce the score to 35. This results in a total of 12 + 1 = 13 correct and incorrect answers, making the maximum number of unanswered questions equal to 7.
To get the maximum number of questions Paul could have answered incorrectly, let's check the options:
8 incorrect would result in -8 points, meaning 43 points would need to be gained with correct answers, which is not possible (43 is not a multiple of 3).
7 incorrect would result in -7 points, meaning 42 points would need to be gained with correct answers, requiring 14 correct answers. This is not possible because 7 + 14 > 20.
6 incorrect would result in -6 points, meaning 41 points would need to be gained with correct answers, which is not possible (41 is not a multiple of 3).
5 incorrect would result in -5 points, meaning 40 points would need to be gained with correct answers, which is not possible (40 is not a multiple of 3).
4 incorrect would result in -4 points, meaning 39 points would need to be gained with correct answers, requiring 13 correct answers. This is possible with the addition of 3 unanswered questions: 4 + 13 + 3 = 20.
Therefore, the maximum number of questions Paul could have answered incorrectly is 4.
Correct answer:
Unattempted "7"
Incorrect "4"
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In a competitive examination, the Data Insight section consists of 20 questions. Every correct answer gets the student three marks while there is a negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer. There is no penalty for an unanswered question.
Paul gets a net score of 35 marks in the DI section.
Based on the above information, select for Unattempted the maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and for Incorrect the maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still got 35 marks.[/quote]
Solutions: -
Net score = -x + (60-3x-3u) = 60 - 4x -3u = 35
4x + 3u = 25
For maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered (u)
u = 7; x = 1
The maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and still got 35 marks = 7
For maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly (x)
x = 4; u = 3
The maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still got 35 marks = 4
Paul gets a net score of 35 marks in the DI section.
Based on the above information, select for Unattempted the maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and for Incorrect the maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still got 35 marks.[/quote]
Solutions: -
| Status | Number of questions | Marks/question | Marks |
| Incorrect | x | -1 | -x |
| Unanswered | u | 0 | 0 |
| Correct | 20-x-u | 3 | 3(20-x-u) = 60-3x-3u |
Net score = -x + (60-3x-3u) = 60 - 4x -3u = 35
4x + 3u = 25
For maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered (u)
u = 7; x = 1
The maximum number of questions that Paul could have left unanswered and still got 35 marks = 7
For maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly (x)
x = 4; u = 3
The maximum number of questions that Paul could have answered incorrectly and still got 35 marks = 4
