Question

in an examination adenike obatained 19 marks more than musa if adenike had obatained one and a half times her own mark she would have scored 6marks more than twice musa mark find the marks scored each of them

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let Musa's mark = m

Adenike obtained 19 marks more than Musa, therefore:

Adenike's mark, a = m+19

If Adenike had obtained one and a half times her own mark, she would have scored 6 marks more than twice Musa's mark.

`\begin{gathered} \text{ One and half times Adenike's mark}=1(1)/(2)a \\ 6\text{ more than twice Musa's mark}=2m+6 \\ \implies1(1)/(2)a=2m+6 \end{gathered}`

Substitute a=m+19 and solve for m: