Problema Solution

A Basketball player scored 28 times during one game. He scored a total of 44 points, two for each two point shot and one for each free throw. How many shots did he make? How many free throws?

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let the number of games won be x

and that of  free throw be y

so x+y=28

and 2x+y=44

so x=16

o he make 16 shots and 12 free shots