SOLUTION: During the 2014 season, a football team scored a total of 168 points. They had a total of 48 scoring plays (touchdowns, field goals, extra points). They had twice as many touchdown

Question 1054150: During the 2014 season, a football team scored a total of 168 points. They had a total of 48 scoring plays (touchdowns, field goals, extra points). They had twice as many touchdowns as field goals. A touchdown is worth 6 points, a field goal is worth 3 points, and an extra point is worth 1 point. Write a system of equations and solv it to find how many of each scoring play the team had.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
2.
3.
Substituting into eq. 1 and 3,

4.
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5.
Subtracting eq. 4 from eq. 5,

So then,

and

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