Question

Fabio and Carlos play on a basketball team together. In the last game, Fabio had 7 points less than 2 times as many points as Carlos. Fabio scored 31 points in the game.
Write an equation to determine the number of points (c) Carlos scored in the last game?

Find the number of points Carlos scored in the last game?

Answer 1

Let 'c' represent the number of points Carlos scored. 2c - 7 = 31 c = 19 points