SOLUTION: 6. While on the beach, Penny and her family decided to play a game of volleyball. Penny and her son beat her husband and daughter by two points. If the combined score of both teams

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Question 1164960: 6. While on the beach, Penny and her family decided to play a game of volleyball. Penny and her son beat her husband and daughter by two points. If the combined score of both teams was 40, what was the score of the winning team?

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x+x-2 equals 40, since one score two points more than the other.
2x=42
x=21 ANSWER
x-2=19