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Five starters on a basketball team score 81 points. Could the players have each scored exactly the same number of points? Explain

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Answer: No

Explanation:

This is not possible because if you were to try and divide 81 by 5 to see how many points each player scored you would get a decimal and it is not possible to score an amount of points with a decimal in basketball.

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