Craig earns 5 points each time he catches a bad guy in his game. he catches 2 types of bad guys, pirates and ghosts. craig caught 24 ghost and 36 pirates. how many points did he earn?

he would earn 300 points

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of pirates that Craig catches.

Let y represent the number of ghosts that Craig catches.

Craig earns 5 points each time he catches a bad guy in his game. The total number of points that Craig will earn if he catches x pirates and y ghosts would be

5x + 5y

Craig caught 24 ghost and 36 pirates. Therefore, total number of points earned would be

5×36 + 5×24 = 180 + 120 = 300 points.

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