Annette’s soccer team will play 15 games this season. That is 7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season? Represent this problem with an equation in the form px+q=r .(1 point)

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15−7=2x
15 minus 7 equals 2 x

2x−7=15
2 x minus 7 equals 15

7−2x=15
7 minus 2 x equals 15

2x+7=15

Answer 1

To solve the problem, we need to represent it as an equation based on the information given.

Let's denote the number of games Annette's soccer team played last season as \( x \).

According to the problem:

• The number of games played this season is 15.
• This is stated to be 7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games played last season.

We can express this mathematically as:

\[ 15 = 2x - 7 \]

Now, rearranging this to fit the form \( px + q = r \):

\[ 2x - 7 = 15 \]

So, the correct representation of the problem with an equation in the form \( px + q = r \) is:

2x - 7 = 15