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School X and school Y play each other in a competition school x has eight morepoinys than school y. School x has three times as many points as school y. How many points does each school have

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Answer:6 REPEATING.

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User Wubbalubbadubdub
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Answer:

School X: 8 points School Y: 2.6̅ or 6 repeating.

Explanation:

When you know that School X has 8 points, and School Y has 3 times less, you have to divide 8 by 3. When you do that, you get 2.6̅, or 2.6 repeating, which means that you have 2 that goes into 3 goes into 8 3 times, because 3 x 3 would be 9, which is bigger than 8. Anyway, when you divide again because you have to add a decimal point after the number to keep dividing, you keep getting 6. it's never going to change, because thats what 6̅ is. 6 REPEATING.

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