Question

Aarón and Alice are bowling.Alice’s score is twice the difference of Aaron’s score and 5.The sum of their scores is 320. Find each students bowling score.

Answer 1

Given :

Alice’s score is twice the difference of Aaron’s score and 5.

The sum of their scores is 320.

To Find :

Each students bowling score.

Solution :

Let , score of Aaron is x .

So , score of Alice is 2(x-5) .

Also , Their sum of scores is equal to 320 .

$x+2(x-5)=320\\\\3x-10=320\\\\x=11$

Therefore , score of Aaron and Alice 11 and 12 .

Hence , this is the required solution .