SOLUTION: In a swimming gala a first place counts 5 points, a second place 3 points and a third place 1 point. The winning team got twice as many second places as first place and eight more

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Question 1123536: In a swimming gala a first place counts 5 points, a second place 3 points and a third place 1 point. The winning team got twice as many second places as first place and eight more third places than second places, scoring a total of 151 points. How many third places did they get?
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x first places at 5 points each = 5x
2x second places at 3 points each = 6x
2x+8 third places at 1 point each = 2x+8

Total points: 5x+6x+2x+8 = 151

Solve for x.

Then remember the question is the number of third places, which is not x, but 2x+8.