Question

Jarah Scores 5.5 Times as many points as Allie in Tuesday’s basketball game. The total number of points scored by both the girls is 52. How many points does each girl score?

Answer 1

Okay, here we have this:

Considering the provided information we obtain the following expressions:

Ally's number of points: x

Jarah's number of points: 5.5x

Total number of points: 52

Ally's number of points+Jarah's number of points=Total number of points

x+5.5x=52

Now, let's solve for x:

6.5x=52

x=52/6.5

x=8

Then:

5.5x=5.5(8)=44

Finally we obtain that Jarah gets 44 points and Allie gets 8 points.