Diego scored 9 points less than Andre in the basketball game.Noah scored twice as many points as Diego.If Noah scored 10 points, how many points did Andre score?
Question
Diego scored 9 points less than Andre in the basketball game.Noah scored twice as many points as Diego.If Noah scored 10 points, how many points did Andre score?
Solution
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First, we know that Noah scored twice as many points as Diego. If Noah scored 10 points, that means Diego scored 10 / 2 = 5 points.
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We also know that Diego scored 9 points less than Andre. So, if Diego scored 5 points, that means Andre scored 5 + 9 = 14 points.
So, Andre scored 14 points.
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