Question

Fabio and Carlos play on a basketball team together. In the last game, Fabio had 777 points less than 222 times as many points as Carlos. Fabio scored 313131 points in the game.

Write an equation to determine the number of points (c)(c)left parenthesis, c, right parenthesis Carlos scored in the last game.

Answer 1

2c -7 = 31

Explanation:

You want an equation for the points Carlos scored, given that Fabio scored 31 points, which was 7 less than 2 times Carlos's score.

Equation

We are told to represent the points Carlos scored using the variable c. Double Carlos's score is then 2c, and 7 points less is 2c-7. The is said to be the amount of Fabio's score, which is also given as 31. Equating these two descriptions of Fabio's score gives the equation ...

2c -7 = 31