Question

Adam, imran and shakeel we're playing a card game. Adam scored × points Imran scored 3 points fewer than Adam Shakeel scored twice as many points as imran Together they socred 39 points (I) write down, in terms of ×, an expression for the number of points scored by shakeel. (ii) write an equation which may be used to find the value of ×

Answer 1

Explanation:

During the card game, the number of points that Adam scored is x. Imran scored 3 points fewer than Adam. It means that the number of points that Imran scored is

(x - 3) points

I)Shakeel scored twice as many points as imran. It means that the expression for the number of points that Shakeel scored is

2(x - 3) points

Ii) Together they scored 39 points. Therefore, the equation which may be used to find the value of × would be

x + x - 3 + 2(x - 3) = 39

x + x - 3 + 2x - 6 = 39

x + x + 2x - 3 - 6 = 39

4x - 9 = 39