Solve the following real-world problem: 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?(1 point)
Responses

27 games
27 games

33 games
33 games

7 games
7 games

11 games

Answer 1

Let x be the number of games they played last season.
According to the problem, 21 = x/3 + 12.
Subtracting 12 from both sides: 21 - 12 = x/3.
Combining like terms: 9 = x/3.
To isolate x, multiply both sides by 3: 27 = x.
Therefore, they played 27 games last season.