Solve the problem following real world problem. I’m a do us basketball team played 21 games this season that is 12 games more than 1/3 the number of games they played last season how many games did they play last season?

Answer 1

Let's represent the number of games played last season as "x".

According to the problem, the number of games played this season is 21, which is 12 more than 1/3 of the number of games played last season.

We can set up an equation to solve for "x":

21 = (1/3)x + 12

To isolate "x", we subtract 12 from both sides:

21 - 12 = (1/3)x

9 = (1/3)x

To solve for "x", we multiply both sides by 3:

3 * 9 = x

27 = x

Therefore, the basketball team played 27 games last season.