Question

Alyssa scored x goals during the soccer game yesterday. Today she scored 3 times as many goals. She scored a total of 4 goals during the two games. How many goals did she score today?

Answer 1

Alyssa had scored 3 goals today.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of goals scored yesterday =
`x`

Total number of goals scored in 2 games = 4

We need to find the number of goals scored today.

Solution:

Now Given:

Today she scored 3 times as many goals than yesterday.

So we can say that;

Number of goals scored today =
`3x`

Now we know that;

Total number of goals scored in 2 games is the sum of Number of goals scored yesterday and Number of goals scored today.

framing in equation form we get;

`x+3x=4\\\\4x=4`

Dividing both side by 4 we get;

`(4x)/(4) =(4)/(4)\\\\x=1`

Number of goals scored yesterday = 1

Number of goals scored today =
`3x = 3*1 =3`

Hence Alyssa had scored 3 goals today.