document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=153846>Question 153846</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with this word problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  during the 2003 NBA playoffs, the top-scoring player was Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.  Bryant scored a totals of 385 points during the playoffs.  The number of free throws (each worth one point) he made was 11 more than three times the number of three-point field goals he made.  Bryant also made 26 fewer free throws than two-point field goals.  How many free throaw, two point field goals. and three point field goals did Kobe Bryant make during the 2003 playoffs?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please help me with this equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATIONS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 3r + 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = t - 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 2t + 3r=385<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 2t + 3r = 385<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 0t - 3r =  11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f - t  + 0r = -26<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the system of equations by any method to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of free throws = 86<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of two-pointers = 112<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of three-pointers = 25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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