Problema Solution

A football game was played between Penn State and Ohio State. The two teams score a total of 34 points, and Penn State won by a margin of 14 points. How many points did Ohio State score?

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let 'x' represent the number of points for Ohio State, then 'x+14' represents the number of points for Penn Sate


34 = x + x+14

20 = 2x

x = 10


10+14 = 24


the final score was 24 to 10, Ohio State scored 10 points