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A basketball team has eight boys and four girls on the roster. The boys average 12 points each. The team averages 136 points as a whole. How many points does each girl average?
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A basketball team has eight boys and four girls on the roster. The boys average 12 points each. The team averages 136 points as a whole. How many points does each girl average?

User Pedram Shabani
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The girls average about 10 points a game
the boys have 8 player
EX. 12x8=96
136-96=40
There are four girls so 40 is divided evenly so the answer is 10 points a game
User Ed Norris
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8 x 12 = 96

136-96 =40

40/4 = 10

each girl averages 10 points

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