Thea's soccer team scored 12 goals in the first three games. The team scored the same number of goals in wach of the first two games. The team scored 3 fewer goals in the third game than in the second. How many goals were scored in each game?
1ST GAME 5 GOALS
2ND GAME 5 GOALS
3RD GAME 2 GOALS
Thank you. I was thinking that each game scored 12 goals. Not 12 goals total. Now that makes sense.
what I'm not in 3rd grade I'm in 7th
Let's call the number of goals scored in the first game "x". Since it's stated that the team scored the same number of goals in each of the first two games, the number of goals scored in the second game would also be "x".
According to the problem, the team scored 3 fewer goals in the third game than in the second game. So, the number of goals scored in the third game would be "x - 3".
Now, we can add up the goals scored in the first three games:
x + x + (x - 3) = 12
Simplifying the equation, we get:
3x - 3 = 12
Adding 3 to both sides of the equation:
3x = 15
Finally, dividing both sides by 3:
x = 5
Therefore, the number of goals scored in the first game is 5, and since the number of goals scored in the first two games is the same and equal to "x", the number of goals scored in the second game is also 5. The number of goals scored in the third game is then calculated as "x - 3" which equals 5 - 3 = 2.
So, Thea's soccer team scored 5 goals in the first game, 5 goals in the second game, and 2 goals in the third game.