Problema Solution
Fabio and Carlos play on a basketball team together. In the last game, Fabio had 7 points less than 2 times as many points as Carlos. Fabio scored 31 points in the game.
Write an equation to determine the number of points (c) Carlos scored in the last game.
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Let 'c' represent the number of points Carlos scored.
2c - 7 = 31
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c = 19 points
Carlos scored 19 points.