Kendall scored 3 times as many points as Abdul scored in a basketball game. Otis scored 5 more points than Abdul scored. The three players scored 45 points all together. How many points did each player score?
Kendall: 24 points; Abdul: 13 points; Otis: 8 points
Kendall: 8 points; Abdul: 8 points; Otis: 8 points
Kendall: 24 points; Abdul: 8 points; Otis: 13 points
Kendall: 8 points; Abdul: 13 points; Otis: 24 points

Question

Kendall scored 3 times as many points as Abdul scored in a basketball game. Otis scored 5 more points than Abdul scored. The three players scored 45 points all together. How many points did each player score?
Kendall: 24 points; Abdul: 13 points; Otis: 8 points
Kendall: 8 points; Abdul: 8 points; Otis: 8 points
Kendall: 24 points; Abdul: 8 points; Otis: 13 points
Kendall: 8 points; Abdul: 13 points; Otis: 24  points

mxddi3 · Answer

well, we can eliminate the first 2 choices from the start because the question says, "Otis scored 5 more points than Abdul scored." and those 2 do not represent that.

now, when looking at options C and D, we can tell which is correct because if Kendall scores 3x more points than Abdul, her score will be greater than his, and there is only one option which represents that.

please let me know if you need more help :)