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Paintball In many paintball tournaments there are 100 points possible in each match of a round of play. There are 7 players on each team and when a player is tagged with a paintball, he is out of the match. The team with the higher point total at the end of each round of play moves on to the next round. Use the chart below to answer exercises 11 and 12.
a. In the second half of the tournament the Alpha team was able to tag 5 players on the Greyhounds’ team and succeeded in pulling and hanging the Greyhounds’ flag. The Alphas had 3 players remaining at the end of the match. How many points did the Alpha team have at the end of the match?
b. In the final match of the tournament, the Greyhounds were able to tag all of the players on the Alpha team. The Greyhounds had 5 players remaining at the end of the match but were unable to succeed in pulling and hanging the flag of the other team before time ran out. How many points did the Greyhounds receive in this match?
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