SOLUTION: In an examination adenike obtained 19 marks more than musa. If adenike had obtained one and a half time her own marks she would have scored 6 marks more than Musa’s marks. Find t

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Question 1204146: In an examination adenike obtained 19 marks more than musa. If adenike had obtained one and a half time her own marks she would have scored 6 marks more than Musa’s marks. Find the marks scored by each of them
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In an examination adenike obtained 19 marks more than musa.
If adenike had obtained one and a half time her own marks she would have scored 6 marks more than Musa’s marks.
Find the marks scored by each of them
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Let A be the Adenika's mark (=score);

let M be the Musa's    mark (score).


Then, according to the problem

       A - M = 19    (1)    ("In an examination adenike obtained 19 marks more than musa")

    1.5A - M =  6    (2)    ("If adenike had obtained one and a half time her own marks she would have scored 6 marks more than Musa’s marks")


It leads then, after subtracting equation (1) from equation (2) that

    0.5A = 6 - 19 = -13,  

or

       A = - 26.


So A is negative value.


Since it is IMPOSSIBLE, it means that something is WRONG with your initial / original formulation.


Look for the error in your writing.


Find the error, fix it, then re-post to the forum.



Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The problem says that Adenike scored 19 points more than Musa, but that if she had scored even higher she would have scored only 6 points more.

That doesn't make sense....

Re-post the problem with the correct description.


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