SOLUTION: You lose track of how many 2-point baskets and 3-point baskets a team makes in a basketball game. The team misses all the 1-point baskets and still scores 54 points. The equation

Question 1169657: You lose track of how many 2-point baskets and 3-point baskets a team makes in a basketball game. The team misses all the 1-point baskets and still scores 54 points. The equation 2x+3y=54 models the total points scored, where x is the number of 2-point baskets made and y is the number of 3-point baskets made.

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