Question

Nicoli jokic plays for the Denver nuggets in one game, his field-goal total was 26 points made up of 2 point and 3 point baskets. if he made 3 more 2 point baskets thane 3 point baskets, how many of each type of basket did he make?

Answer 1

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Answer:

• 4 3-point baskets
• 7 2-point baskets

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of 2-point baskets Nicoli made. Then (x -3) is the number of 3-point baskets. The total number of points is ...

  2x +3(x -3) = 5x -9 = 26

  5x = 35 . . . . . . add 9

  x = 7 . . . . . . . divide by 5

  (x -3) = 4 . . . find the number of 3-point baskets

Jokic made 7 2-point baskets and 4 3-point baskets.