Mark, tim, and toby played golf and had a combined score of 293. mark beat tim by 8 strokes and toby beat tim by 2 strokes. what did each player score? (hint: if a player beats another player, their score is lower.)

To answer the question, let x be Tim's score. With this representation, Mark's score is x - 8 and that of Toby is x - 2. The sum of their scores should be 293. 
                                       x + (x - 8) + (x -2) = 293
The value of x is 101. Therefore, Tim's score is 101. Mark and Toby scored 93 and 99, respectively.

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