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Adams High prevailed in a track meet with the help of 20 individual-event placers earning a combined 68 points. A first-place finish earns 5 points, a second place finish earns 3 points, and a third-place finish earns 1 point. Adams had a strong second place showing, with as many second-place finishers as first-and third place finishers combined. Use a system of linear equations to model the data. Solve the system to find how many athletes finished in each place.
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Let represent the number of 1st place finishes

Let represent the number of 3re place finishes

Then the number of 2nd place finishes must be

Given:



and



Simplify to a 2X2 system and solve (I did it by elimination, but any standard method will work).


John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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