To calculate:how many points did each score in the first game?
Answer to Problem 14P
Holly scored 8 points and Maria scored 24 points in the first game
Explanation of Solution
Given information:In one basketball game Maria scored three times as many points as Holly and in the next game, Maria scored 7 fewer points than the she did in first game, while Holly scored 7 more points than she did in last game.
Calculation:Let
Now we can put above data in a table, such that
Cars sold in March | Cars sold in April | |
Points scored by Maria |
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Points scored by Holly |
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From above table we can write an equation as total points scored by Maria and Holly are same, so
Holly scored
Maria scored
Conclusion: Maria and Holly scored 24 and 8 points respectively in first game.
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