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)

Question

27 games

33 games

7 games

11 games

Answer 1

Let "x" be the number of games they played last season.
Since this season the team will play 21 games, we can set up the equation: 21 = x/3 + 12.
Subtracting 12 from both sides gives 9 = x/3.
Multiplying both sides by 3 gives x = 27.
Therefore, they played 27 games last season.
Answer: 27 games.