SOLUTION: Emma is playing a game with Amanda. Together they have 1,050 points and need to get 370 more points to win. Amanda has 3 2/3 times as many points as Emma. How many individual po

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Question 1184092: Emma is playing a game with Amanda. Together they have 1,050 points and need to get
370 more points to win. Amanda has 3 2/3 times as many points as Emma. How many
individual points does Emma have?

Answer by 54929(12)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I see that this question isn’t answered when it seems a little bit simple
Let x and y be the points owned by Emma and Amanda. It is given that they together have 1,050 points. Therefore;
x + y = 1050
And it is also give that Amanda has 3 times as many points as Emma. that is;
y = (3 + )x
= (9+2/3)x
y =

Now substituting this value of y in the first equation and solving for x, we get;
x + y = 1050
x + = 1050
3x+11x/3 = 1050
14x = 1050 * 3
x =
= 225

Therefore Emma has 225 points.

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