a player scored 136 more points than her teamate. together they scored 1562 points. how many did each player score

Answer 1

Let's let the variable x represent the points scored by one of the players. Then we can write the following expression to represent the points scored by the second player: x + 136

Then since they scored 1562 points together, we can write the following equation :

NOTE: player one + player two = 1562

x + x + 136 = 1562

Now combine like terms and use inverse operations to solve the equation:

2x + 136 = 1562

2x + 136 - 136 = 1562 - 136

2x = 1426

2x/2 = 1426/2

x = 713

The first player scored 713 points.

The second player scored 849 points (OR 1562 - 713 = 849).