Question

In the state championship, the coach of the Terrific Tumblers gymnastics team chooses Vijay to compete in the vault. Vijay performs his best vault and makes a few mistakes. The judges subtract 0.65 points from Vijay's highest possible score, and he ends up with a final score of 8.15 points.
Use an equation to find Vijay's highest possible score.

Answer 1

You can set up the equation as
8.15 = x - 0.65
where x is the highest possible score

Then, solve for x