Question

5. Word Problem There are c players on the Cougars hockey team. The team scored a total of 40 goals this season. One of the players, Matthew. scored 5 more goals than the average per player. How many goals did Matthew score? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

`\text{Number of goals Mathew scored = 5 +}(40)/(c)\text{ = }(5c+40)/(c)`

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of goals = 40

Total number of players = c

Average goals scored= Total number of goals / Total number of players

Average = 40/c

Number of goals Mathew scored = 5 + average goals

`\begin{gathered} \text{Number of goals Mathew scored = 5 +}(40)/(c)\text{ = }(5c+40)/(c) \\ \end{gathered}`

The expression could be any of the two