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Sue scored a total of 35 points in two games she scored 6 times as many points in the second game as in the first how many more points did she score in the second game

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Lets make an equation:

x+6x=35 where x=amount of points scored in the first game
Add up all the x's and you get
7x=35
Solve for x

7x/7=35/7

x=5
The question asks the score for the second game and the score for the second game is 6 times as much as the first
Therefore, we know that in the equation
x+6x=35
that 6x is the second equation
"Plug" in "x" for 6x where
x=5

6*5=30
Sue scored 30 points in the second game
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