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?

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ganeshie8 · Answer

basically we need to translate the given sentences into two equations, and solve the unknonws

ganeshie8 · Answer

say Reid scored $r$ goals and Maria scored $m$ goals

ganeshie8 · Answer

`Reid scored 4 less than twice the number of goals that Maria scored. `

translates to equation :

$$\large r = 2m -4 \tag{1}$$

ganeshie8 · Answer

` The difference in the number of goals they scored was 6`

translates to equation :

$$\large r - m = 6 \tag{2} $$

ganeshie8 · Answer

see if you can solve them ^^