Question

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Tony and his cousin are playing a game where they pick up colored sticks. Tony currently has 12 points and likes to pick up the yellow sticks, earning 10 points every turn. His cousin just lost all his points on the previous turn, and has a strategy to catch up by getting all the blue ones, earning 14 points per turn. In a certain number of turns, the score will be tied. How many points will they each have? How long will that take?


Tony and his cousin will each have __ points in __ turns.

Answer 1

Tony and his cousin will each have 42 points in 3 turns.

Explanation:

10 x 3 = 30

30 + 12 = 42

14 x 3 = 42