Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah's 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?(1 point)

Answer 1

Let's assume the number of games they played last season is x.

According to the problem, Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season, which is 12 more games than 1/3 the number of games they played last season.

So, 21 = (1/3)x + 12.

To solve this equation, we first need to isolate x.

Subtracting 12 from both sides of the equation, we get:

21 - 12 = (1/3)x.

Simplifying the left side:

9 = (1/3)x.

Now we need to isolate x. To do this, we multiply both sides of the equation by 3:

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

27 = x.

Therefore, they played 27 games last season.