Call Anita's score

and Joelle's score

.
1) "<span>their combined total score for one game was 425 points"
</span>Therefore

2)"Anita’s score was 40 less than twice Joelle’s."
Therefore

Substitute:

Solve:


Backsubstitute:


Answer:
C.
Step-by-step explanation:
-a + b = -2
b = a + 3
-a + a + 3 = -2
3 = -2 (incorrect).....no solutions.....because these lines are parallel
Answer:
17x - 15y
Step-by-step explanation:
(10x - 7y) + (7x -8y)
17x - 15y