Question

In a basketball game, the united states has four times as many points as Croatia. A croation makes a basket for three points, at which the united states only has three times as many points. How many points does the united states have

Answer 1

p = points for US
c = points for Croatia

equation 1 : p = 4c
equation 2 : p = 3(c + 3)

solve the system of equations.... Does this help?

Answer 2

1st ) solve for c in equation 1 and plug it into equation 2 , then solve for p
2nd) when you solve p then go back to equation 1 and solve for c