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mandy scored 22 points in a basketball game. if she made 9 field points, worth either 2 or 3 points, and no free throws. how many three point goals did she make FOR 100 POINTS

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Mandy scored a total of 22 points in the basketball game. She made 9 field points, which can be worth either 2 or 3 points. Let's assume that she made x three-point goals and y two-point goals.Then, we can set up the following system of equations:x + y = 9 (because she made a total of 9 field points)3x + 2y = 22 (because the total point value of her field goals was 22).


Solving this system of equations, we can first multiply the first equation by 2 to get:2x + 2y = 18Then, we can subtract this equation from the second equation to eliminate y:3x + 2y - (2x + 2y) = 22 - 18Simplifying this gives:x = 4

Therefore, Mandy made a total of 4 three-point goals and 5 two-point goals in the game.

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