Homework Help: algebra

Posted by rr on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 1:53am.

There are n teams in a league and the number of games played is given by the polynomial n^2-n=N. A women's softball league has 12 teams. What is the total number of games to be played?

algebra - Steve, Friday, May 18, 2012 at 10:42am
just plug in the given data:

N = 12^2 - 12 = 144 - 12 = 132

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