In a particular card game, the minimum points a player can score in a single game is 20, and the maximum score possible in a single game is 52. If the player plays three games and scores a total of 141 points, then the least number of points that the player could have scored in one of the games:

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Concept- To solve this question, we can assume that out of three games, the player will score the maximum points in the two games. Then, we will calculate their sum and subtract it from the total score. Now, if the difference is greater than the minimum points possible to score in a game, then it will be our required answer and if the difference is less than the minimum point scorable in a single game, then the minimum point will be our required answer.
Let us assume that the minimum points the player scores in one of three games is

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Given inQuestion statement, the maximum score possible in a single game is 52, and the player plays three games and scores a total of 141 points, i.e.,
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