SOLUTION: in one basketball game Maria scored three times as many points as holly. in the next game, maria scored 7 fewer points than she did in the first game, while holly scored 9 more poi

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Question 20069: in one basketball game Maria scored three times as many points as holly. in the next game, maria scored 7 fewer points than she did in the first game, while holly scored 9 more points than she did in the first game. if they scored the same number of points in the second game, how many points did each score in the first game?
Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the scores for hooly be x and for maria be 3x
3x+x=3x+x-7+x+9 (simplify)
x=2