Question

School x and y are in a comepetition. School x has 8 more points than school y and 3 times more points as school y . How many points fo each school have?

Answer 1

Answer:  School Y has 4 points and School X has 12 points.

Explanation:

Let the number of points School Y has be x

Let the number of points School X has be 3x

According to question, we get

$3x-x=8\\\\2x=8\\\\x=\frac{8}{2}\\\\x=4$

So, the number of point School Y has 4.

and number of points School X has

$3x=3\times 4=12$

Hence, School Y has 4 points and School X has 12 points.