SOLUTION: Could you please explain the word problem for me so that I can explain to my son, In a basketball game, Bob scored 3 times as many points as Albert. The difference in their point

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First define a couple of things:
Let a = points scored by Albert
Let b = points scored by Bob

First eqn we know is that: b = 3a

Second thing we know is that b-a = 10 (since bob scored more than albert).

So, put equn1 into the second eqn, as: 3a-a = 10

ie 2a = 10
so a = 10/2
--> a = 5
hence b = 15

jon.