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VIDEO GAMES After a week of playing Sega's Sonic Adventure, a boy scored $11,053$ points in one game-an improvement of $9,485$ points over the very first time he played. What was the score for his first game?
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According to the problem, the boy improved his score by 9485 points, which means his new score is X + 9485. Show more…
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