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document.write( "Marcos made 15 baskets in a basketball game, 'x' two pointers and (15-x) three pointers,
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document.write( "If Marcos scored 36 points, how many two pointers and how many three pointers did he make
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document.write( "     |Solving for x
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document.write( "   2x + 45 - 3x = 36
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document.write( "           45-36 = 3x - 2x
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document.write( "             9 = x, number of two pointers,  6 three pointers (15-9)
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