Question

Molly scored a total of 24 points in the basketball

game, and she scored x points in the second half of
the game. Write an expression to determine the
number of points she scored in the first half of the
game Then, find the number of points she scored in
the first half of the game if she scored 20 points in
the second half of the game.

Answer 1

24-x=y (number of points scored in the first half)

if x equals 20, then we can rewrite the equation to

24-20=y

4=y