Question

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

Answer 1

the answer is 85

Explanation:

Answer 2

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.