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In a basketball tournament, Team A scored 5 fewer than twice as many points as Team B. Team C scored 80 more points than Team B. The combined score for all three teams was 983 points. Write an equation
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In a basketball tournament, Team A scored 5 fewer than twice as many points as Team B. Team C scored 80 more points than Team B. The combined score for all three teams was 983 points. Write an equation to represent this scenario using the variable b to represent Team B’s total points.

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Answer:

Team A= 2b-5

Team B= b

Team C= b+80

The equation representing this scenario is (2b-5)+ b + (b+80)= 983

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