Question

Carmen's golf score is 6 strokes less than Linda's. Their two scores total 156. What is each girls score?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Carmen's score is 75 strokes.

Linda's score is 81 strokes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the score of Linda be "x".  

It is given that Carmen's golf score is 6 strokes less than Linda's.

Thus, Carmen's score is (x-6).

The total score of the girls is

= $x + (x-6) = 2x-6$

The total score is given to be 156.

Thus, the equation becomes,

$2x-6 = 156$

$2x= 162$

$x = 81$

Thus Linda's score is 81 and Carmen's score is (156-81) 75.