Question

Read the problem, translate into an algebraic equation, and solve the equation.

Tamika wants to predict the outcome of next Tuesday’s game, between the Nets and the Warriors.
She believes that the Warriors will score 19 points less than the Nets. Tamika also predicts that the total amount of points scored for both teams will be 207 points.

How many points does Tamika think that the Warriors will score? How many points will the Nets score?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the Warriors' score. Then from Tamika's prediction, (x + 19) is the Nets' score.

Toal score = x + (x + 19) = 2x + 19 = 207.

Therefore 2x = 188 and x = 94.

Hence Tamika thinks that the Warriors will score 94 points and the Nets will score 94 + 19 = 113 points.