Question

a junior basketball team plays 16 games each summer. last summer the team scored an average 3.25 runs per game during the first half of the season. the team scored a total of 29 runs during the second half of the season. How many runs (r) were scored by the team last season?

Answer 1

Answer:

$55\text{ runs}$

Explanation: A total of 16 games are played each summer:

First half:

$Average=3.25\text{ runs}$

Therefore the total runs for the first 8 games are:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{x}{8}=3.25\text{ runs} \\ \therefore\rightarrow \\ x=(3.25\times8)=26\text{ runs} \end{gathered}$

For the first half or 8 games, a total of 26 runs were made.

Second half:

$\text{Total = 29 runs}$

Therefore the total runs in the last session were 26+29 =55