Question

Chris and Julio played a card game together they scored 36 points in one game Chris scored two times as many points as Julio how many points did Chris and Julio each score write an equation and solve explain your work

Answer 1

Chris scored 24 points and Julio scored 12 points

Explanation:

Let

x ----> the number of points that Chris scored

y ----> the number of points that Julio scored

we know that

`x+y=36` -----> equation A

`x=2y` -----> equation B

substitute equation B in equation A and solve for y

`2y+y=36`

`3y=36`

`y=12\ points`

Find the value of x

`x=2y` ----->
`x=2(12)=24\ points`

therefore

Chris scored 24 points and Julio scored 12 points