Anita and Joelle Bowles together and their combined total score for one game was 425 points.

Anita’s score was 40 less that twice Joelle’s. What were their scores?

WRITE A SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS TO MODEL THE PROBLEM IF x REPRESENTS JOELLE’s score and y represents Anita’s score.

A.
x + y = 425
y = 2x - 40

B.
x + y = 40
y = 2x - 425

C.
x + y = 425
y = 2x + 40

D.
x - y = 425
y = 2x - 40