The Fabulous Footballers scored an incredible 55 points at last night’s game. Interestingly, the number of field goals was 1 more than twice the number of touchdowns. The Fabulous Footballers earned 7 points for each touchdown
and 3 points for each field goal.

Which of the following systems of equations models this situation when t represents the number of touchdowns and f represents the number of field goals?

A) t = 2f + 1 7t + 3f = 55
B) f = 2t + 1 7t + 3f = 55
C) t = 2f + 1 3t + 7f = 55
D) f = 2t + 1 3t + 7f = 55

Question

The Fabulous Footballers scored an incredible 55 points at last night’s game. Interestingly, the number of field goals  was 1 more than twice the number of touchdowns. The Fabulous Footballers earned 7 points for each touchdown
and 3 points for each field goal.


Which of the following systems of equations models this situation when t represents the number of touchdowns and f represents the number of field goals?


A)   t = 2f + 1 7t + 3f = 55
B)   f = 2t + 1 7t + 3f = 55
C)   t = 2f + 1 3t + 7f = 55
D)   f = 2t + 1 3t + 7f = 55