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1. In the final game of the 2000 basketball season, the Los Angeles Lakers scored 96 of their points on a combination of 43 two- and three-point
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Question 157025: I need help working this problem.
1. In the final game of the 2000 basketball season, the Los Angeles Lakers scored 96 of their points on a combination of 43 two- and three-point baskets. How many of each type of shot were made?
This is not from a text book.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x+3(43-X)=96
2X+129-3X=96
-X=96-129
-X=-33
X=33 TWO POINT SHOTS.
43-33=10 THREE POINT SHOTS.
PROOF:
2*33+3*10=96
66+30=96
96=96
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