Question

In a girl's basketball game, Brooklyn scored 56 points from 2-pointers and 3-pointers.
Her father in the stands remarked that she made twice as many 2-pointers as 3-pointers during the game.
How many of each did she make?

Answer 1

let w = two pointers ... and ... h = three pointers

w = 2 h

2 w + 3 h = 56

substituting ... 2 (2 h) + 3 h = 56 ... 7 h = 56

solve for h , then substitute back to find w