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In the basketball game, Rachel scored 6 points less than twice the number of points Trina scored. Together they scored 36 points. Write an equation to represent this situation and solve to determine how many points each of the girls scored?

User Basir Alam
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Answer:

36=2x-6

Explanation:

36=total

2x= Trina

6= Rachel

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