Bobette is an excellent athlete. In school she competed in lacrosse, soccer, softball, and tennis. She won 6 more awards in lacrosse than in soccer. She won 1 more award in soccer than in softball. She won 3 more awards in tennis than in softball. Out of her 31 awards, how many did she get in tennis.
Let n be the number of awards she won in softball
Then the number of awards in tennis was n + 3
And the number of awards in soccer was n + 1
And the total awards in lacrosse was 6 more than soccer = (n + 1) + 6
So the total number of awards is given by
n + (n + 3) + (n + 1) + (n + 1) + 6 = 31 simplify this
4n + 11 = 31 subtract 11 from both sides
4n = 20 divide both sides by 4
n = 5
And the number she won in tennis was (n + 3) = (5 + 3) = 8
Let n be the number of awards she won in softball
Then the number of awards in tennis was n + 3
And the number of awards in soccer was n + 1
And the total awards in lacrosse was 6 more than soccer = (n + 1) + 6
So the total number of awards is given by
n + (n + 3) + (n + 1) + (n + 1) + 6 = 31 simplify this
4n + 11 = 31 subtract 11 from both sides
4n = 20 divide both sides by 4
n = 5
And the number she won in tennis was (n + 3) = (5 + 3) = 8