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In a recent golf match, Desmond’s score was 3 less than George’s score. The
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In a recent golf match, Desmond’s score was 3 less than George’s score. The
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In a recent golf match, Desmond’s score was 3 less than George’s score. Their combined scores totaled 187. Let d represent Desmond's score and g represent George's score.
Which pair of equations can be used to determine their scores?
A.
d = g – 3
d + g = 187
B.
d + g = 187
d – g = 3
C.
d + g = 3
187 + d = g
D.
g = d – 3
d + g = 187 Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, jim_thompson5910:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
The statement "Desmond's score was 3 less than George’s score" means that whatever George gets, we subtract 3 from it to find out Desmond's score.
So in terms of an equation we would have
Desmond's Score = (George's Score) - 3
From here we replace "Desmond's Score" with the letter d, and likewise we replace "George's Score" with the letter g to get the first equation to be d = g-3
For example, if George gets 50, then Desmond would get
d = g-3
d = 50-3
d = 47
So Desmond got 47 if George got 50.
The example fits with the description (that Desmond got 3 less than George)
This is why the first equation is d = g-3
The other statement that "Their combined scores totaled 187" simply means that adding the two scores (d and g) results in 187. So we know that the second equation is d+g = 187
The two equations d = g-3 and d+g = 187 form the system
d = g-3
d+g = 187
which leads us to the answer to be choice A
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