Question

In the state championship, the coach of the Terrific Tumblers gymnastics team chooses Jayden to compete in the vault. Jayden performs his best vault and makes a few mistakes. The judges subtract 1.25 points from Jayden's highest possible score, and he ends up with a final score of 7.50 points. Use an equation to find Jayden's highest possible score.

Answer 1

Jayden's highest possible score is 8.75 points.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find Jayden's highest possible score, we can start with his final score of 7.50 points. Since the judges subtracted 1.25 points from his highest possible score, we can write an equation to represent this:

Highest Possible Score - 1.25 = 7.50.

To solve for the Highest Possible Score, we can add 1.25 to both sides of the equation:

Highest Possible Score = 7.50 + 1.25 = 8.75 points.