Problema Solution

will averages 18 points a game and is the all-time scoring leader on his team with 483 points. Tom averages 21 points a game and is currently second on the all-time scoreres list with 462 points. If both players continue to play at the same rate, how many more games will it take until Tom and Will have scored the same number of total points?

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let x = the number of games


18x + 483 = 21x + 462


by solving we find:


x = 7 games


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it takes 7 games until Tom and Will have scored the same number of total points.