Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season. That is 12 more games than 1 over 3 the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season?

Answer 1

Let's denote the number of games they played last season as x.

According to the problem, Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season.

The number of games they played this season is 12 more than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season, which can be written as:

x + 12 = (1/3)x

To solve for x, we multiply both sides of the equation by 3 to eliminate the fraction:

3(x + 12) = x
3x + 36 = x
2x = -36
x = -36/2
x = -18

However, the number of games cannot be negative, so this solution is not valid.

Therefore, there is no solution for this problem.