In a basketball game 96 points were scored. The winners scored twice as many as the losers. How many points did each team score? Write an equation and solve.
set up an equation for this. x will be the score of the losing team. x+2x=96. Then solve for x. 3x=96. x=96/3 x=32. So the losing team got 32 points and the winning team got 64
