Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah 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?

Answer 1

Let's solve this problem step by step.

Let the number of games they played last season be x.

According to the problem, Ahmadullah basketball team will play 12 more games than 1/3 the number of games they played last season.
So, the number of games they will play this season can be represented as (1/3)x + 12.

We are given that this number is 21, so we can write it as an equation:
(1/3)x + 12 = 21.

To solve for x, let's first subtract 12 from both sides of the equation:
(1/3)x = 21 - 12.

Simplifying the right side, we have:
(1/3)x = 9.

To isolate x, we need to multiply both sides of the equation by 3:
3 * (1/3)x = 3 * 9,
x = 27.

Therefore, Ahmadullah basketball team played 27 games last season.