Question

The total score in a football game was 72 points. The winning team scored 12 points more than the losing team. How many points did
the winning team score?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Here is your answer

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the runner up and winning team's scores be x and x+12 respectively

A.T.Q

x+x+12 = 72

2x+12 =

2x= 60

x=60/2 = 30

This implies that the runner up team scored 30 points

So, the winning team scores x+12 (42)

Answer 2

Answer:

YOUR QUESTION :

The total score in a football game was 72 points. The winning team scored 12 points more than the losing team. How many points did the winning team score?

SOLUTION :

Here's what we know :

$x + y = 72 \\ y + 12 = x$

Since we have a value for a variable, let's plug it in:

$(y + 12) + y = 72 \\ = > 2y + 12 = 72 \\ = > 2y = 60 \\ = > y = 30$

$x = 30 + 12 \\ = > x = 42$

CHECK :

$30 + 42 = 72 \\ = > 72 = 72$