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A basketball team needs to score more than 721 total points this season to set a new record. The team has already scored 172 points and it averages 61 points per game. How many more games does the team need to play if in order to set a new record? Assume the teams average number of points scored per game does not change.

Select the number line that includes the fewest number of games the team can play and still set the record.

A basketball team needs to score more than 721 total points this season to set a new-example-1
User Shakyra
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721=172+61g g:games
you get 549=61g
g=9
they need to wins 9 games or more
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