Lana and emily are playing a competitive word game. whoever plays all of their tiles first gets to add the value of their word plus the total value of all of their opponent’s remaining tiles to their score. also, the opponent must subtract the total value of all of their tiles from their score.

suppose that the current score is: lana 324, emily 358. if lana’s last word is worth 7 points, how many points does she need emily to have in her hand in order to win?

suppose that the current score is: lana 324, emily 358. if lana’s last word is worth 7 points, how many points does she need emily to have in her hand in order to win? points

hint: if emily had 5 points in her hand, by how much would the difference between the player’s scores change?