SOLUTION: During one week of basketball, Conner hit 30 shots from the floor and scored 68 points.Each shot was two point shot or a three point shot.Write a system of equations and then solv

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Question 1005598: During one week of basketball, Conner hit 30 shots from the floor and scored 68 points.Each shot was two point shot or a three point shot.Write a system of equations and then solve it.



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Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the number of two-pointers and three-pointers, x and y. We have
x + y = 30 and
2x + 3y = 68
Now double the first equation and subtract from the second one and get
2x + 3y = 68
-(2x + 2y = 60)
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y = 8 three-pointers
x = 22 two-pointers