Question

The number of medals won by an Olympic Team is modeled by y = 3x + 5, where x is the

Answer 1

Answer:

13/2

Step-by-step explanation:

$y$ is the number of medals won. So for the number of medals to be equal in both the case we have to equate $y$ in both the equations.

Thus we would have:

$3x + 5 = 5x - 8$

Solving for $x$ we have: $2x = 13$.

$\implies x = \frac{13}{2}$