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Paul scored 20 points more than 2 of what Oscar scored. Paul scored 58 points. Which equation represents the situation to find how many points Oscar scored?

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Let's assume that Oscar scored x points. According to the problem, Paul scored 20 points more than twice the number of points Oscar scored. We can write this information as:

Paul's score = 58

Paul's score = 2 * Oscar's score + 20

We can substitute 58 for Paul's score in the second equation and simplify:

58 = 2x + 20

Subtracting 20 from both sides, we get:

38 = 2x

Dividing both sides by 2, we get:

x = 19

Therefore, Oscar scored 19 points. The equation that represents the situation to find how many points Oscar scored is:

2x + 20 = 58

where x is the number of points Oscar scored.

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