Frank and Lou went bowling. In the first game Frank's score was 14 points higher than Lou's. What was each boys score?
please help me. It is almost impossible for me to do!
2006-12-01 11:22:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
sorry i forgot this but here is the additional data, their scores avraged 135.
2006-12-01 15:29:53 · update #1
Let y be Frank's score and x Lou's. Then y = x + 14
So there are 287 possible solutions (x,y), where 14 <= y <=300
and 0 <= x <= 286.
Yes, a score of 286 is possible in bowling.
A bowler could get the first 10 strikes and a
count of 6 on his next ball followed by a spare
for 286.
2006-12-01 12:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok, F=L+14 , F is Frank's score and L is Lou's in the first game.
I take it the average you gave was the average of their scores in the first game. If that is the case then (F+L)/2=135
Then: (2L+14)/2=135 or L+7=135 so L=128
That would give L=128 and F=128+14=142 for the first game, if we average these scores that is (128+142)/2=(270)/2=135.
If I got the jist of your question right this would be the only answer.
2006-12-02 05:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by William M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there more to the question than what you typed in? Otherwise there could be a lot of different scores that would fit.
Examples:
Frank 14 Lou 0
Frank 15 Lou 1
Frank 300 Lou 286 (I don't know if 286 is a possible score under the rules of bowling.)
2006-12-01 19:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
14
2006-12-01 19:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You might have to know something about bowling scoring systems. I've seen puzzles before that required this kind of sports knowledge to solve. Look up bowling scoring on the Internet and see if you find anything that can help you.
2006-12-01 19:26:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are missing some data. There is no sulution with only what you gave us.
2006-12-01 19:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋