Two teams are playing basketball. Team 1 scored 3.5 times the number of points per basket. Team 2 scored 8 times the number of points per basket. They would have scored the same amount of points if Team 1 had scores 54 more points.
54+3.5x=8x
Subtract 3.5x from both sides to isolate the variable.
54=4.5x
divide by 4.5 on both sides
12=x
now you need to find each teams score
substitute 12 in for x
8x. 8(12) which is equal to 96.
Each teams score was 96 points.
*since each teams score was equal, you dont have to solve for each team. You just need to solve for one. I chose the easier one to solve.