Problema Solution

in a long set of tennis 18 games were played the girl who won scored 2 more games more than the loser what was the score

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let 'x' represent the number of games won by the loser, then 'x+2' represents the number of games won by the winner


18 = x + x+2

16 = 2x

x = 8


8+2=10


the loser won 8 games, the winner won 10 games, the score was 10-8