A soccer player gets 2 points for a goal and 1 point for an assist. If the combined number of goals and assists that a player ha
s is 24, and the total number of points that the player has is 42, which system of equations can be used to determine the number of goals and assists the player has? Assume g represents the number of goals and a represents the number of assists.
Do 1/3 x 7 (due to the parentheses which mean multiplication). Once you get that answer you should have 8/9 = x + (answer). Now subtract that answer from 8/9 and that's your x!
