Question

a junior basketball team plays 16 games each summer. last summer the team scored an average 3.25 runs per game during the first half of the season. the team scored a total of 29 runs during the second half of the season. How many runs (r) were scored by the team last season?

Answer 1

`55\text{ runs}`

Step-by-step explanation: A total of 16 games are played each summer:

First half:

`Average=3.25\text{ runs}`

Therefore the total runs for the first 8 games are:

`\begin{gathered} (x)/(8)=3.25\text{ runs} \\ \therefore\rightarrow \\ x=(3.25*8)=26\text{ runs} \end{gathered}`

For the first half or 8 games, a total of 26 runs were made.

Second half:

`\text{Total = 29 runs}`

Therefore the total runs in the last session were 26+29 =55