Question

PLEASE HELP WILL GIVE THE FIRST PERSON TO ANSWER BRAINLIEST!! In a target shooting contest, contestants receive 5 points for hitting a red target and 10 points for
hitting a blue target. If Tom scores a total of 135 points with 20 shots, how many red targets did he
hit?

Answer 1

Answer:

Tom hit 13 red targets!

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Answer 2

Answer:

let hitting the red target bey x and blue target be y

then

5x+10y = 135

again

x+y=20

y=20-x

substituting the of y in above equation

5x + 10(20-x) = 135

5x+200-10x = 135

5x= 65

x= 13 answer

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