A nice little problem from an Aussie Rules Footy game.
I was hoping Essendon might score once more to make the equations more difficult to solve! As it is, it’s a nice intro to simultaneous equations. The score was: St Kilda 16, 13 (109) Essendon 9,9 (63). There are two ways of scoring. St Kilda scored 16 of one and 13 of the other for a total of 109 points. Form two simultaneous equations to find how many points each scoring type earns. Other games (Rugby Union, Rugby League and ??) have more than one scoring situation, so easy to adapt. Extension: Had St Kilda scored a few more times, what score would have failed to give a unique solution?
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