How many points did each person have at the end? How many baskets did each person make after the time out?

Question

Carrie and Noah, the boy she was babysitting, were playing basketball together. Her score was 25 points, and his score was 10 points. Carrie wanted to make the game more fair, so she called a time-out and modified the rules a bit. Carrie explained that, for the rest of the game, she would get 2 points per basket, and Noah would get 5 points per basket. Then they played a bit longer. After the time-out, they both made the same number of baskets and ended up with a tied score.



Answer 1

b represents the number of baskets.

25 + 2b = 10 + 5b

Can you solve for b and answer?.