Answer:
Carmen's score is 75 strokes.
Linda's score is 81 strokes.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the score of Linda be "x".
<em>It is given that Carmen's golf score is 6 strokes less than Linda's.</em>
Thus, Carmen's score is (x-6).
The total score of the girls is
= 
The total score is given to be 156.
Thus, the equation becomes,



<em>Thus Linda's score is 81 and Carmen's score is (156-81) 75.</em>
The answer to the problem is 2
X-2=0
x=2
into the eqn:(2)cube +k(2)+1= -3
2k = -12
k=-6
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