PLEASE HELP!!!

Question

In a basketball free-throw shooting contest, the points made by Sam and Wilbur were in the ratio 7:9. Wilbur made 6 more points than Sam. find the number of points made by each...... I'm so confused

Answer 1

sam made 21
wilbur made 27
7x+6=9x
6=2x
x=3
7x3=21
9x3=27
27-21=6

Answer 2

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