Homework Help: Math

Posted by Jane on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:03am.

Reid and Maria both play soccer. This season, Reid scored 4 less than twice the number of goals that Maria scored. The difference in the number of goals they scored was 6. How many goals did each of them score?

Math - Steve, Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:54am
r = 2m-4
r-m = 6
(2m-4)-m = 6
2m - 4 - m = 6
m = 10
so, r = 16

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