In a competition the contestants search for hidden targets which are classed as difficult, medium or easy. In the first round, finding a difficult target scores 5 points, a medium target 3 points and an easy target 1 point. The number of targets found by the two contestants, Claire and Denise, are shown in the table. Target Contestant | Difficult | Medium | Easy Claire | 4 | 1 | 7 Denise | 2 | 5 | 1 In the second round, finding a difficult target scores 8 points, a medium target 4 points and an easy target 2 points. In the second round Claire finds 2 difficult, 5 medium and 2 easy targets whilst Denise finds 4 difficult, 3 medium and 6 easy targets.
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