On a test, students receive 6 points for each correct answer and are penalized by losing 2 points for each incorrect answer. There are 6 questions on the test and each question has 4 answer options, A, B, C, and D. It is known that 5 of the questions have option B as the correct answer and one question has option C as the correct answer. If a student marks B for the first 3 questions and C for the last 3 questions, what is the minimum possible score that student can receive?  Choose the correct choice from the following: A) -4 B) -1 C) 0 D) 1 E) 4
For the minimum possible score, let us take the worst case scenario   Suppose, he gets all of the last 3 qs wrong whose correct answer options are B and one of the first 3 qs wrong whose correct option is C   In that case, he will get only 2 out of the first 3 qs right.   Therefore, minimum possible score=(6*2)-(4*2)= 
<gadget id="calculator">(6*2)-(4*2)</gadget>
<output>4</output>
4   Answer 4
<result>E</result>
On a test, students receive 6 points for each correct answer and are penalized by losing 2 points for each incorrect answer. There are 6 questions on the test and each question has 4 answer options, A, B, C, and D. It is known that 5 of the questions have option B as the correct answer and one question has option C as the correct answer. If a student marks B for the first 3 questions and C for the last 3 questions, what is the minimum possible score that student can receive?