solve the following real world problem armadillos 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

Answer 1

Let's solve the problem step by step:

Let's assume the number of games they played last season as "x."

According to the problem, the number of games they will play this season is 12 more than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season:

12 + (1/3)x = 21

To isolate x, let's subtract 12 from both sides of the equation:

(1/3)x = 9

Next, let's multiply both sides of the equation by 3 to get rid of the fraction:

3 * (1/3)x = 3 * 9

x = 27

Therefore, the basketball team played 27 games last season.