Hank's winning margin in a board game was 771 points. The total points scored by Hank and his opponent was 1781. What was? Hank's score?

Question

Hank's winning margin in a board game was 771 points. The total points scored by Hank and his opponent was 1781. What was? Hank's score?

Answer 1

Let's assume

 

Score of Hank's opponent = x

so score of Hank = x+771

 

Total scored =1781

 

so

 

Score of Hank's opponent + score of Hank = Total score

 

x + x+771 = 1781

 

2x = 1010

 

x =505

 

so

 

score of Hank = x+771 = 505 +771 =1276