SOLUTION: Sofa, the boxing legend, and his rival King decided to have a friendly competition to see who could throw the most punches in a given time period. They agreed to throw a combinatio

Question 1207032: Sofa, the boxing legend, and his rival King decided to have a friendly competition to see who could throw the most punches in a given time period. They agreed to throw a combination of jabs and hooks, with jabs counting as 1 point and hooks counting as 2 points. Sofa can throw an average of 30 punches per minute, while Ivan can throw 25 punches per minute. They each have 3 minutes to throw punches. Sofa wants to throw the most punches and earn the most points in the competition. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of jabs and the number of hooks Rocky throws. Define the variables that you use to write the system.
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Sofa, the boxing legend, and his rival King decided to have a friendly competition to see who
could throw the most punches in a given time period. They agreed to throw a combination of jabs and hooks,
with jabs counting as 1 point and hooks counting as 2 points. Sofa can throw an average of 30 punches per minute,
while Ivan can throw 25 punches per minute. They each have 3 minutes to throw punches.
Sofa wants to throw the most punches and earn the most points in the competition.
Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of jabs and the number
of hooks Rocky throws. Define the variables that you use to write the system.
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Who is Rocky in your post ? and how Rocky does relate to the problem ?

And how it could happen that Rocky suddenly appeared from nowhere ?

Is Rocky a spy or a criminal hiding under someone else's name?

If so, then call to police immediately . . . and report about this dangerous incident . . .

Say them that you created a problem, where a spy or a criminal is hiding under the someone else's name . . .

Ask them to take appropriate measures . . .

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