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How many games did they play?

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Serena and Venus decided to play tennis against each other.

They bet $1 on each game they played.

Serena won three bets and Venus won $5.

How many games did they play?

posted Jun 13, 2018 by Anshika Utadi

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Serena won 3 bets but lost 8 so that Venus won $5, the total number of games is 3+8=11

The answer is 11

answer Jun 13, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov



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