Question

maddy was one of the riders in the competition. If one judge awarded maddy a score of 87 and maddy's final score was 84.5 what score did the other judge award maddy answer

Answer 1

Assuming there are two judges... and 84.5 is the average..
(87+x)/2 = 84.5

x=82

Answer 2

Let
`x` be the score awarded by the other judge.

Maddy's final score is the average of the scores awarded by the 2 judges.

So,

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The score awarded by the second judge is
`82\;points`.