Over a season in a women's basketball league Jackson scored 45 more points than the second-highest scorer, Leslie. Together, Jackson and Leslie scored 1229 points during the season. How many points did each player score over the course of the season?
Jackson scored ? points.
Leslie scored ? points.
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let Leslie score be x
so Jackson score = x+45
according to the question,
x+x+45 = 1229
2x = 1229-45
x = 1184/2
x = 592
therefore, Leslie scored = 592
Jackson scored = 592+45 = 637
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