Question

The basketball team did not record how many baskets each player made during the last game. Zulie remembers that she made three

times as many baskets as Aileen. Melody knows that she made four more baskets than Aileen. Zoe thinks that she made 3 fewer baskets than Aileen.
Abigail is sure that she made the same number of baskets as Zoe. Altogether the five players made 82 baskets. How many baskets did each player
make?

Answer 1

There is a mistake in the question. x results in a decimal answer, which is not possible for number of hoops.

Explanation:

Aileen: x

Zulie: 3x

Melody: 4 + x

Zoe: x - 3

Abigail: x - 3

82 = (x) + (3x) + (4+x) + (x-3) + (x-3)

Combine Like Terms

x + 3x + x + x + x = 7x

4 - 3 - 3 = -2

7x - 2 = 82

7x = 80

x results in a decimal answer, which is not possible for number of hoops.