12.25 - 1.50x = 4.75....with x being the number of touchdowns -1.50x = 4.75 - 12.25...I subtracted 12.25 from both sides -1.50x = - 7.50...now divide both sides by -1.50 x = -7.50 / -1.50 x = 6......They would have to score 6 touchdowns
The Latin phrase is "reduction ad absurd um", meaning reduction to absurdity. You assume the opposite and show that logically it leads to a contradiction and therefore cannot be true.
