SOLUTION: During an intrumural basketball game, Team A scored 12 fewer points than Team B. Together, both teams scored a total of 144 points. How many points did Team A score during the game

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Question 174468: During an intrumural basketball game, Team A scored 12 fewer points than Team B. Together, both teams scored a total of 144 points. How many points did Team A score during the game?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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a man was 26 years old when his son was born,
now he is three times as old as his son
how old his son now ?
Let man's age now be 26 + x where x is the son's age now
EQUATION:
26+x = 3x
2x = 26
x = 13
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The son is 13
The father is 39
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Cheers,
Stan H.