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

1 answer

Let x be the number of games they played last season.
12 + (1/3)x = 21
(1/3)x = 9
x = 9 * 3
x = 27 games
They played 27 games last season. Answer: \boxed{27}.