On a quiz show, a contestant loses $12.50 in prize money for each wrong answer. One contestant has answered no questions right and 6 questions wrong. What is is balance of prize money?
A. -$75.00
B. -$72.00
C. $75.00
D. -$72.50
A. -$75.00
To find the balance of prize money for the contestant, we need to calculate the amount of money lost for the wrong answers.
For each wrong answer, the contestant loses $12.50. In this case, the contestant has answered 6 questions wrong.
So, the amount of money lost for the wrong answers is 6 x $12.50 = $75.00.
Since the contestant has not answered any questions right, the prize money will be negative.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
A. -$75.00
To find the balance of prize money, we need to calculate the amount lost for each wrong answer and multiply it by the number of wrong answers the contestant has.
Given that the contestant loses $12.50 for each wrong answer, and they have answered 6 questions wrong, the amount lost would be:
6 * $12.50 = $75.00
Since all the answers were wrong, this means the contestant has lost $75.00.
However, the question asks for the balance of prize money, which indicates that the balance includes both the winnings and the amount lost. Since the contestant answered no questions right, the balance of prize money would be negative.
Looking at the options, the correct answer is:
D. -$72.50