Question

Emily and Jesper are playing a board game. emily has twice as many points as Jasper. Together, they earn a total of 18 points. What equation can be used to the number of point, p, jasper earned? A 3p = 18 B. 2p^2=8 ст. 2p-P=18 D. P+ P² = 18​

Answer 1

In the text they have already mentioned that Jasper use "p" points.

Emily has twice as many points as Jasper, so the equation is 2p

p+2p=18

Simplifying, we get

3p=18.

So the answer is A