Question

When Michael Jordan retired from basketball he had the third highest scoring total in NBA history at 32,293 pointsand averaged 30 points per game for his whole career. However, Kobe Bryant passed Jordan on the list for third placewith 33,643 points before Kobe retired. If Michael Jordan started playing again, how many games would he have to playto catch Kobe for third place?

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} \text{ the question can be expressed in terms of the equation} \\ 32293+30n=33643 \\ \\ \text{ where n is the number of games!} \\ \\ 30n=33643-32293 \\ 30n=1350 \\ n=(1350)/(30) \\ \\ n=45 \end{gathered}`

Michael Jordan would need to play 45 games to catch Kobe!