Question

Fabio and Carlos play on a basketball team together. In the last game, Fabio had 7 points less than 2 times as many points as Carlos. Fabio Scored 31 points in the game. Write an equation to determine the number of points (c) Carlos scored in the last game.

a) 2c - 7 = 31
b) c - 7 = 31
c) 2c - 31 = 7
d) c + 7 = 31

Answer 1

The equation to determine the number of points Carlos scored in the last game is 2c - 7 = 31.

Step-by-step explanation:

To write an equation to determine the number of points Carlos scored in the last game, we need to use the information given. Fabio scored 7 points less than 2 times as many points as Carlos. Since Fabio scored 31 points, we can write the equation as:

2c - 7 = 31