Joe Tyson is the place kicker for his college football team. Last season he kicked 38 times and never missed. Each field goal is worth 3 points and each point after atouchdown is worth 1 point Joe eamed a total of 70 points last season How many field goals did he kick?
x = 3 pters
38 - x = 1 pters
3 * x + 1 * ( 38-x) = 70 solve for 'x' the number of 3 pointers (fiels goals)