Kendall scored 3 times as many points as Abdul scored in a basketball game. Otis scored 5 more points than Abdul scored. The three players scored 45 points all together. How many points did each player score?

Let Abdul's score be x. Then Kendall scored 3x and Otis scored x + 5, so 3x + x + (x + 5) = 45. Solving gives 5x = 40, so Abdul scored 8 points, Kendall scored 24, and Otis scored 13. This matches choice C.

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