Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season. That is 12 more games than 1/3

Question

the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season? Use this equation to solve the problem:

1/3x+12=21

(1 point)
Responses

27 games

33 games

7 games

11 games

Answer 1

To solve the equation \( \frac{1}{3}x + 12 = 21 \) for the number of games \( x \) played last season, follow these steps:

1. Subtract 12 from both sides of the equation: \[ \frac{1}{3}x + 12 - 12 = 21 - 12 \] \[ \frac{1}{3}x = 9 \]

2. Multiply both sides by 3 to isolate \( x \): \[ 3 \cdot \frac{1}{3}x = 3 \cdot 9 \] \[ x = 27 \]

Therefore, the number of games they played last season is 27 games.