Question

2. Dwayne scored 55 points in the last basketball game, which is 10 points more than his previous personal best. Lebron scored 15 points more than Chris in the

same game. Lebron scored the same number of points as Dwayne’s previous personal best.
Write two algebraic equations, let d represent the number of points Dwayne scored during his previous personal best and c represent the number of Chris’s points.

Answer 1

Required equations are:

• d + 10 = 55
• c + 15 = d

Solving the first, we get:

• d = 55 - 10
• d = 45

Solving the second we get:

• c + 15 = 45
• c = 45 - 15
• c = 30