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Joe is a place kicker for his college football team. Last season he kicked 38 times and never missed. Each field goal scored 3 points and e
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Joe is a place kicker for his college football team. Last season he kicked 38 times and never missed. Each field goal scored 3 points and e
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Joe is a place kicker for his college football team. Last season he kicked 38 times and never missed. Each field goal scored 3 points and each point after a touchdown scored 1 point for a total of 70 points. How many field goals did Joe kick last season?
This is what I have but I'm not sure what step to do next or if I am even setting up the equation correctly.
g= field goals t= points after touchdown
g + t= 38
3g + 1t= 70 Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Joe is a place kicker for his college football team. Last season he kicked 38 times and never missed. Each field goal scored 3 points and each point after a touchdown scored 1 point for a total of 70 points. How many field goals did Joe kick last season?
This is what I have but I'm not sure what step to do next or if I am even setting up the equation correctly.
g= field goals t= points after touchdown
g + t= 38
3g + 1t= 70
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It's exactly right. Solve the system of equations.
g + t= 38
3g + t= 70
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-2g = -32
g = 16 field goals
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t = 38 - g
t = 22 PAT's
