A basketball team averages 98 points in its first three games.How many points must it score in the next game in order to have 100 point average overall?
98*3 + x = 100*4
100
In first 3 games : Average=98, n=3 hence Total=3*98=294 Now, 294+x/4=400
x=106
In order to determine how many points the basketball team needs to score in the next game to achieve a 100 point average overall, we can first find the total points scored in the first three games.
The average score of 98 points is the sum of the points divided by the number of games, which is 3. So, if we multiply the average score by the number of games, we get: 98 points x 3 games = 294 points.
To find the desired average of 100 points over all four games, we need to have a total of 100 points per game x 4 games = 400 points.
Since the team has already scored 294 points in the first three games, we subtract that from the total desired points: 400 points - 294 points = 106 points.
Therefore, the basketball team must score 106 points in the next game to have a 100 point average overall.