Marna is playing a game where you score -5 points each time you guess the correct answer. the goal is to get the lowest score. to win the game, marna must have a score of less than -80 points. how many correct answers does mama need to win the game?

create an inequality for this

Marna has to answer more than 16 answers to win the game.

Step-by-step explanation:

Le 'x' be the number of correct answers.

If Marna is getting -5 points each time she guess the correct answer.

Then the total points she get after x correct answers= -5x

If to win the game, Marna  must have a score of less than -80 points.

⇒

If we multiply (-1) on both sides the inequality will reverse

Divide both sides by 5, we get

Marna has to answer more than 16 answers to win the game.

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