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

Answer 1

To solve the problem, we can set up an equation. Let x be the number of games Ahmadullah's basketball team played last season.

According to the problem, Ahmadullah's team will play 21 games this season, which is 12 more than 1/3 of the games they played last season. So we can write the equation:

21 = (1/3)x + 12

To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. First, we can subtract 12 from both sides:

21 - 12 = (1/3)x

9 = (1/3)x

To get rid of the fraction, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 3:

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

27 = x

Therefore, Ahmadullah's basketball team played 27 games last season.