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.

Answer 1

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

According to the problem, Ahmadullah's team will play 12 more games than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season, which can be represented as:

1/3x + 12 = 21

Subtracting 12 from both sides:

1/3x = 9

Multiplying both sides by 3 to get rid of the fraction:

x = 27

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