Solve the Problem Using the Elimination Method

question 54

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem using the elimination method.
-In a basketball game, Will scored 40 points, consisting only of three-point shots and two-point shots. He made a total of 17 shots. How many shots of each type did he make?

• A) two-point shots: 11 ; three-point shots: 6
• B) two-point shots: 6; three-point shots: 11
• C) two-point shots: 10 ; three-point shots: 7
• D) two-point shots: 12; three-point shots: 5

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the activity or volume of output in production, such as raw materials and direct labor costs.

Fixed Cost

Costs that do not vary with the level of output or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Marginal Cost

The amount of money spent to manufacture one additional unit of a product or service.

Adam Smith

Was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher, known as the "father of modern economics" for his influential work on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.