Saw the following real world problem: Amala Doula 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 first set up the equation to solve for the number of games they played last season.

Let x be the number of games they played last season.
The number of games they will play this season is 12 more than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season, which can be expressed as 1/3*x + 12.

According to the problem, the number of games they will play this season is 21:

1/3*x + 12 = 21.

To solve for x, we'll isolate x on one side of the equation:

1/3*x = 21 - 12,
1/3*x = 9.

Now, we'll get rid of the fraction by multiplying both sides of the equation by 3:

3 * (1/3*x) = 3 * 9,
x = 27.

Therefore, they played 27 games last season.