SOLUTION: In a certain basketball game one team made a total of 81 points. The number of field goals was five less than three times the number of free throws. How many field goals and how m

Question 907424: In a certain basketball game one team made a total of 81 points. The number of field goals was five less than three times the number of free throws. How many field goals and how many free throws did the team make? (A free throw counts one point a field goal counts two points).
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of free throws
2(3x-5) + x = 81
7x = 91
x = 13, the number of free throws. Field Goals 34
And..
68 + 13 = 81 points

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