Question

In the last basketball game, Elena scored 2 more than one fourth of her

team's total points.
Part A: Let n represent the number of points Elena's team scored.
Write an expression for the number of points Elena scored.
Part B: The team scored 40 points. How many points did Elena
score?

Answer 1

E = 2 + 1/4 n
n = 40

E = 2 + 1/4(40)
E= 2 + 10
E = 12

Elena scored 12 points