Question

Elena bowls two games on Saturday. Her score in the second game is 30 more than ¾ of her score the first game. Elena's total score for the two games is 478. Write and solve an equation to demonstrate the points scored in her second game.

Answer 1

222 = score in 2nd game

Explanation:

Let x = score in 1st game

3/4(x) + 30 = score in 2nd game

x + 3/4(x) + 30 = 478 Multiply thru by 4 to eliminate the fraction

4x + 3x + 120 = 1912

7x + 120 = 1912

7x = 1792

x = 256

3/4(x) + 30 = 3/4(256) + 30

= 192 + 30

222 = score in 2nd game

Check: 222 + 256 = 478