Homework Help: Math

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 5:37pm.

Total goals is 253, how many did each top player score. Erin scored the least. Macy 4 times as many as Erin. Carly scored 2 less than Macy. Shelly scored one half as many goals as Carly. Molly scored 1more than Macy.

Math - Reiny, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 7:37pm
Erin-------- x
Macy ----- 4x
Molly ----- 4x+1
Carly ------ 4x - 2
Shelly ------ 2x-1

x + 4x + 4x+1 + 4x-2 + 2x-1 = 253
15x = 255
x = 17

Erin-------- 17
Macy ----- 68
Molly ----- 69
Carly ------ 66
Shelly ------ 33

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