Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season. That is 12 more games than 1/3 the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season?(1 point) Responses 27 games 27 games 33 games 33 games 7 games 7 games 11 games 11 games

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Let's solve the problem step by step:

Let's say the number of games they played last season is "x".
According to the problem, Ahmadullah's team will play 12 more games than 1/3 the number of games they played last season.
So, the number of games they will play this season is (1/3)*x + 12.

According to the problem, the number of games they will play this season is 21.
So we have the equation:
(1/3)*x + 12 = 21

To solve this equation, we need to isolate x on one side.
Subtracting 12 from both sides gives us:
(1/3)*x = 9

To isolate x, we need to multiply both sides by 3:
x = 9 * 3

x = 27

Therefore, Ahmadullah's team played 27 games last season.
Answer: 27 games