Question
Saw the following real world problem: Amala Doula basketball team will play 21 games this season that is 12 games more than 1/3 the number of games they played last season how many games did they play last season?
Answers
GPT 3.5
Let's first set up the equation to solve for the number of games they played last season.
Let x be the number of games they played last season.
The number of games they will play this season is 12 more than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season, which can be expressed as 1/3*x + 12.
According to the problem, the number of games they will play this season is 21:
1/3*x + 12 = 21.
To solve for x, we'll isolate x on one side of the equation:
1/3*x = 21 - 12,
1/3*x = 9.
Now, we'll get rid of the fraction by multiplying both sides of the equation by 3:
3 * (1/3*x) = 3 * 9,
x = 27.
Therefore, they played 27 games last season.
Let x be the number of games they played last season.
The number of games they will play this season is 12 more than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season, which can be expressed as 1/3*x + 12.
According to the problem, the number of games they will play this season is 21:
1/3*x + 12 = 21.
To solve for x, we'll isolate x on one side of the equation:
1/3*x = 21 - 12,
1/3*x = 9.
Now, we'll get rid of the fraction by multiplying both sides of the equation by 3:
3 * (1/3*x) = 3 * 9,
x = 27.
Therefore, they played 27 games last season.