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 year

Answer 1

Let \( x \) be the number of games Annette's soccer team played last season. According to the problem, this season they will play 15 games, and this is 7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games they played last season. We can set up the equation as follows:

\[ 15 = 2x - 7 \]

Now, we will solve for \( x \).

1. Add 7 to both sides of the equation:

\[ 15 + 7 = 2x \] \[ 22 = 2x \]

2. Divide both sides by 2:

\[ x = \frac{22}{2} \] \[ x = 11 \]

Therefore, the number of games Annette's soccer team played last season is \( \boxed{11} \).