Question

Carmen's golf score is 6 strokes less than Linda's. Their two scores total 156. What is each girls score?​

Answer 1

Carmen's score is 75 strokes.

Linda's score is 81 strokes.

Explanation:

Let the score of Linda be "x".

It is given that Carmen's golf score is 6 strokes less than Linda's.

Thus, Carmen's score is (x-6).

The total score of the girls is

=
`x + (x-6) = 2x-6`

The total score is given to be 156.

Thus, the equation becomes,

`2x-6 = 156`

`2x= 162`

`x = 81`

Thus Linda's score is 81 and Carmen's score is (156-81) 75.