Question

Carrie and Kenny both play soccer. Kenny scores 3 times as many goals as Carrie. Together they scored 12 goals. Could Carrie have scored 2 goals? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

Carrie has scored 3 goals.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Kenny scores 3 times more goal than Carrie.

So let the number of goal score by Carrie be $x$

Therefore number of goals scored by Kenny = $3x$

Now according to given data together they score 12 goal.

Total goal Scored = number of goals scored by Kenny + number of goal score by Carrie

$3x+x=12\\4x=12\\x=\frac{12}{4}=3$

Number of goals scored by kenny = $3x = 3 \times 3 = 9$

Hence number of goals scored by Carrie is 3 and number of goals scored by Kenny is 9