Question

Anita and Joelle bowl together and their combined total score for one game was 425 points. Anita's score was 40 less than twice Joelle's. What were their scores? Write a system of equations to model the problem if x represents Joelle's score, and y represents Anita's score.

Answer 1

Solve the following for y and x:\[\{y+x=425,y\text{ =}-40+2x\}\]\[\{x=155,y=270\} \]