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Your basketball team wins a game by 13 points. The opposing team scores 72 points. Explain how to find your team’s score.

User MrLoon
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Answer:

the answer is 85

Explanation:

User Yuhong Bao
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Answer:

85

Explanation:

You can set this up as an algebraic equation by assigning variables to each part of the question. So you could say Y - 13 = 72 If you are in middle school they will expect all that.

If you want the easy way you could say, 72 + 13= 85 because we beat you by 13 and you only scored 72 points. So I add 13 to their lame score and we get my great score.

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