SOLUTION: The Mighty Mites scored 39 points in their basketball game on Saturday. This was one point less than twice what their opponent scored. Find the number of points scored by their opp
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Question 1046355: The Mighty Mites scored 39 points in their basketball game on Saturday. This was one point less than twice what their opponent scored. Find the number of points scored by their opponent.
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
39 = 2x-1 turn it around
2x-1 = 39
2x = 40
x = 20 points scored their opponents.
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