Question

The table below shows the scores for two teams playing a series of four card games.

A.Find the totals for each team after two games
B. If the winner is the team with the greatest score which team is winning after two games.
C. Would the results be any different after all four games?

Answer 1

Team 1 has -2 points and team 2 has -1 points team 2 is the winner and the results of four games would not change anything as both games 3 and 4 when added together would end up as zero extra points so it would not change anything

Answer 2

Answer:

A. team 1: -2 points; team 2: -1 points;

B. team 2

C. no, it wouldn't

Step-by-step explanation:

A. After two games, team 1 made -3 +1 = -2 points, and team 2 made 4 -5 = -1 points.

B. -1 is greater than -2, then team 2 won.

C. After four games, team 1 made -3 +1 -4 +4 = -2 points, and team 2 made 4 -5 +9 -9 = -1 points. The results are the same as before.