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craig scored p points in a game. Maria scored twice as many as craig but 5 fewer than Nelson scored. How many points did nelson score?
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craig scored p points in a game. Maria scored twice as many as craig but 5 fewer than Nelson scored. How many points did nelson score?

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you cannot solve this problem because it has two unknown values, on different sides of the equal sign. The closest you can get is 2p+5 
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