i really need help on this math problem

Question

at a basketball game a team made 59 successful shots.they were a combination of -1 and -2 point shots the team scored 100 points in all wrote and solve a system of equations to find the number of each type of shot

Answer 1

If a represents the number of 1-point shots and b the 2-point shots:

a+b=59 -> a=59-b

100=a+2b=59-b+2b=59+b -> 41=b and 18=a