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Raj and Tom are the top scorers on their team. One season, raj scored one quarter of their team’s goals. Tom scored one sixth of their teams goals. Raj and Tom scored a total of 25 goals. How many goals did their team score?

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Hazel650go

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex] \frac{1}{4} x + \frac{1}{6} x = 25 \\ \frac{5}{12} x = 25 \\ x = 60[/tex]

let x be the team's goals.

formulate an equation in order to find the value of x, then solve

Jayilych4realgo

The number of goals which their team scored was 60 goals.

Calculations and Parameters

Let their team goal be denoted with x[tex]\frac{5}{12} x = 25\\[/tex]

Raj scored one-quarter of their goals

Tom scored one-sixth of their goals

They both scored a total of 25 goal

Mathematically, this is denoted by:

[tex]\frac{1}{4}x + \frac{1}{6}x = 25[/tex]

[tex]\frac{5}{12}x = 25[/tex]

x= 60.

Therefore, the team scored a total of 60 goals.

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