SOLUTION: As the final buzzer signaled the end of the basketball game, the Lions wer 34 points ahead of the Tigers. If the Lions scored 5 points for every 3 scored by the Tigers, then what w

Algebra.Com
Question 30269: As the final buzzer signaled the end of the basketball game, the Lions wer 34 points ahead of the Tigers. If the Lions scored 5 points for every 3 scored by the Tigers, then what was the final score?
Answer by Paul(988)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Loin's = x+34
TIgers = x
Equation:

Cross multiply:



3(x+34)=5(x)

3x+102=5x

2x=102

x=51





51+34=85





Hence, Lions had 85 points and the tigers had 51points.

Paul. 

RELATED QUESTIONS


Please help. #47. Basketball blowout. As the final buzzer signaled the end of the... (answered by Earlsdon)

There are a total of 20 lions, tigers, and bears at the local zoo. The number of tigers... (answered by mananth,ikleyn,josgarithmetic,math_tutor2020)

Did I solve this word problem correctly? 
In last week’s basketball game, the Lions... (answered by josgarithmetic)

The word problem below has too little information. Read carefully, then choose the fact... (answered by richard1234)

The word problem below has too little information. Read carefully and then choose the... (answered by Theo)

The word problem below has too little information. Read carefully and then choose the... (answered by Fombitz)

At Central Park Zoo, the ratio of sea lions to penguins is 4:11. If there are 84 more... (answered by rfer,faisal rashid)

the lions won 15% of all the games they played. They won 9 games? how many games did they  (answered by richwmiller)

West Palm Beach hosted a local middle school basketball tournament where each
team... (answered by ikleyn)