Question

- Juan scored 29 points in the first half of the basketball game, and he scored x points in the second half of thegame. Write an expression to determine the number of points he scored in all. Then, find the number of pointshe scored in all if he scored 2 points in the second half of the game.29 + x; 31 points29x; 31 pointsd. 29-x; 27 pointsa.C.b. ; 27 points

Answer 1

The points scored by Juan:

• In the first half of the game: ,29

,

• In the second half of the game: ,x

To write an expression to determine the number of points in the game, we have to add the points from the first half and the points from the second half:

`29+x`

Then we are told that in the second half of the game he scored to points, so "x" which is the number of points in the second half, will be equal to 2:

`x=2`

Finally, to find the number of points he scored in all the game, we go back to our expression:

`29+x`

And substitute x=2:

`29+2`

Thus, the total number of points is:

`31`

Answer:

29+x; 31 points