Question

Elizabeth is a high school basketball player. In a particular game, she made some free throws (worth one point each) and some two point shots. Elizabeth scored a total of 16 points and made twice as many free throws as two point shots. Graphically solve a system of equations in order to determine the number of free throws made, x,x, and the number of two point shots made, yy.

Answer 1

Answer:

x = 8 and y = 4

Step-by-step explanation:

Firstly, the two equations for this question are x + 2y = 16 (represents the number of free throws and 2-pointers) and 2y = x (represents the ratio of free throws to 2-pointers). Now we can use substitution to help us solve this problem, by substituting 2y for the x variable in the first equation to get (2y) + 2y = 16. Now we combine the like terms to get 4y = 16. Now we can divide both sides of this equation by 4 to get y = 4. Now we can find the x variable by substituting 4 for the y variable in the second equation. We get 2(4) = x and this simplifies to x = 8.

Note: The systems used to solve this question and the answers for the values of x and y are bolded.