Question

In a recent basketball game between the Storm and the Chargers the number of points scored by the Storm in the first half was equal to the number of points scored by the Chargers in the second half of the game. In the first half the Storm scored one-fourth the total points scored in the game. During the second half the Chargers scored 16 points less than one-third the points scored in the game. How many total points were scored during the game?
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Answer 1

 the number of points scored by the Storm in the first half was equal to the number of points scored by the Chargers in the second half of the game
S1 = C2

In the first half the Storm scored one-fourth the total points scored in the game
S1 = 1/4 (T)

During the second half the Chargers scored 16 points less than one-third the points scored in the game. 
C2 = 1/3(T) - 16

Solving for
S1
C2
and
T

T is the total points of the game