Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 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?
A. 33 games
B. 27 games
C. 7 games
D. 11 games
Let x be the number of games they played last season.
The problem states that Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season, which is 12 games more than 1/3 the number of games they played last season: 21 = (1/3)x + 12.
Subtracting 12 from both sides, we get: 9 = (1/3)x.
Multiplying both sides by 3, we get: 27 = x.
Therefore, the team played 27 games last season.
The answer is B. 27 games.
To solve this problem, we need to set up an equation based on the given information and then solve for the unknown variable. Let's call the number of games they played last season "x."
We are told that Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season, which is 12 games more than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season.
This can be written as:
21 = (1/3)x + 12
To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We start by subtracting 12 from both sides:
21 - 12 = (1/3)x
This simplifies to:
9 = (1/3)x
Next, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 3 to get rid of the fraction:
9 * 3 = x
Multiplying the numbers:
27 = x
Therefore, Ahmadullah's basketball team played 27 games last season.
So the correct answer is B. 27 games.