SOLUTION: Did I solve this word problem correctly? In last week�s basketball game, the Lions scored 6 less than twice what the Bobcats scored. The sum of their scores is 30. How many point

Question 1000512: Did I solve this word problem correctly?
In last week�s basketball game, the Lions scored 6 less than twice what the Bobcats scored. The sum of their scores is 30. How many points did the Lions and the Bobcats score individually?
2x+2x-6=30
2x+2x=36
4x=36
4x/4=36/4
x=9
Lions= 2x-6
2(9)-6
18-6
The Lions scored 12 points.
Bobcats=2x
2(9)
The Bobcats scored 18 points.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Try letting x be how much did score the Bobcats.

Lions Score:

Sum of scores is 30:
, so you made a misunderstanding when you wrote your first equation.

Everything should work well from this now.
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