SOLUTION: In a basketball game 96 points were scored. The winners scored twice as many as the losers. How many points did each team score? Write an equation and solve.
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Question 1000638: In a basketball game 96 points were scored. The winners scored twice as many as the losers. How many points did each team score? Write an equation and solve.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the losers score, x.
The winners were twice that, or 2x.
Added together they scored 96, or
x + 2x = 96
3x = 96
x = 32
Final score was 64 to 32.
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