document.write( "Question 363851: in the championship game, julius scored 5 points less than kareem, and wilt scored 1 point more trhan twice as many as kareem. if wilt scored 20 points more than julius, how many points were scored by each player? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Set Up:
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document.write( "Let x represent points Kareem scored. Julius scored (x-5) & Wilt scored (2x+1)
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document.write( "question states***
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document.write( "(2x+1)= (x-5) + 20
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "x = 14 the points scored by Kareem, Julius scored 9 and Wilt scored 29
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "29 = 9 + 20 \n" );
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