Question

In a football match, a team scores 3 goals in the first half. If the team scored a total of 5 goals, then the team scored in the second half.

• A. $3$
• B. $5$
• C. $2$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $2$

Let the number of goals scored in the second half be $x.$

$⟹$ Total number of goals scored $=3+x$

But the total is given as 5 goals.

$⟹3+x=5$

Subtracting 3 from both sides of the above equation, we get:

$3+x–3=5–3$

i.e., $x=2$

Thus, the team scored 2 goals in the second half.