Question

Alon started in 60% of his team’s basketball games this season. He started a total of 12 games. How many games did Alon’s team play this season?

A 6
B 7
C 18
D 20

Answer 1

The correct option is D which is 20 games

Explanation:

Let x = total number of basketball games that was played by the team this season.

Alon started in 60% of his team’s basketball games this season. This means that he started in a total number of 60 percent of x basketball games this season.

60% of x basketball games this season = 60/100 × x

= 0.6×x = 0.6x

From the information given, Alon started a total of 12 basketball games this season. Therefore,

0.6x = 12

x = 12/0.6 = 20