During a basketball game, jeremy scored triple the number of points as donovan. kolby scored double the number of points as donovan.
a. if the three boys scored 36 points, how many points did each boy score?
b. support your answer with an equation.

The points are 6 , 12, 18 respectively.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of points of Donovan be 'x'.

Number of points of Kolby be '2x'.

Number of points of Jeremy be '3x'.

Total points = 36

According to question, we get that

So, Donovan's points would be 6 points.

Kolby's points would be 2x=2×6=12 points

Jeremy's points would be 3x = 3×6 = 18 points

Hence, the points are 6 , 12, 18 respectively.

the first option is the answer.

let's call the solutions x₁ = (5 - 2√7)/3 and x₂ = (5 + 2√7)/3

then the equation is (x-x₁)(x-x₂) = 0

if you fill that in you get a lot of numbers which you can recognize as ax²+bx+c=0.

step-by-step explanation:

you can see that a=1 (there is just an x²)

b = (-5 -2√7 + 2√7 - 5)/3 = -10/3

c = -2√7)/3 ) * (-5+2√7)/3) = -1/3

so your answer is 3x^2 – 10x – 1 = 0