In the last basketball game, Kevin scored 2 less than a third of his team's points.
Part A: Let n represent the number of points Kevin's team scored. Write an expression for the number of points Kevin scored.
Part B: Kevin scored 14 points. How many points did the team score
Part -A Ans is (N/3)-2 will be the kevin's score
Part -B
kevin's score 14 is given
From part A
(N/3)-2=14
》(N/3)=14 + 2
》(N/3)=16
》N=48
Part A: To write an expression for the number of points Kevin scored, we first need to find a third of his team's points and then subtract 2 from it. Let's call the number of points Kevin's team scored "n".
A third of his team's points can be represented as "n/3".
So the expression for the number of points Kevin scored would be "n/3 - 2".
Part B: If Kevin scored 14 points, we can substitute this value into the expression "n/3 - 2" and solve for "n", which represents the total number of points his team scored.
n/3 - 2 = 14
To solve for "n", we can add 2 to both sides of the equation:
n/3 = 14 + 2
n/3 = 16
To isolate "n", we can multiply both sides of the equation by 3:
3 * (n/3) = 3 * 16
n = 48
Therefore, Kevin's team scored 48 points.
Part A: To write an expression for the number of points Kevin scored, we need to calculate a third of his team's points and subtract 2 from it.
Let's represent the number of points Kevin's team scored as n.
A third of his team's points would be (1/3) * n.
To find the number of points Kevin scored, we subtract 2 from that: (1/3) * n - 2.
So the expression for the number of points Kevin scored is (1/3) * n - 2.
Part B: According to the information given, Kevin scored 14 points.
Let's substitute this value into the expression we just derived:
(1/3) * n - 2 = 14.
To find the number of points the team scored, we can solve this equation.
Adding 2 to both sides of the equation gives: (1/3) * n = 16.
Then multiplying both sides by 3 gives: n = 48.
Therefore, the team scored 48 points.