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Algebra
Level
1
Team India is playing a cricket match with Australia and Rahul scores some runs and Sachin scored twice as many runs as Rahul. If there total runs felt 2 runs short of a double century, how many runs did Sachin and Rahul score respectively?
132,66
66,132
none
99,99
60,138
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1 solution
Only the method of linear equations has to be used here . Take Rahul's score to be x runs and thus , Sachin's score would be = 2x runs . The equation would be x + 2x = 200 - 2 3x = 198 x = 198 / 3