Question

In this soccer season Emma has scored one more than twice the number of Nikki's goals if Emma has scored 15 goals which equation can be used to find X number of goals

Answer 1

Answer:

$X = 22$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Represent Emma with E and Nikki with N

From the question, we have that:

$E = 1 + 2N$

and

$E = 15$

Required

Determine the X number of goals

Substitute 15 for E in $E = 1 + 2N$

$15 = 1 + 2N$

Subtract 1 from both sides

$15 -1 = 1 - 1 + 2N$

$14 = 2N$

Divide both sides by 2

$\frac{14}{2} = \frac{2N}{2}$

$\frac{14}{2} = N$

$7 = N$

$N=7$

This implies that Nikki scored 7 goals in total

The X number of goals is then calculated as:

$X = N + E$

$X = 7 + 15$

$X = 22$