Question

(This is literally 7th grade math dude should be easy for most of you)

Last Season, A Lacrosse player scored 41 goals in 15 games, So far this season, the player has scored 24 goals in 9 games.


A. Does the player have a greater number of goals per game this season compared with last season?

(I think it is a no. If it is not no, explain)


B. Supposed the player plays in as many games this season as last season and continues to score at this season's rate. Write and solve A proportion to find the number of goals the player will score this season

Answer 1

a. no b. 40.05

Explanation:

a. to figure out the number of goals per game you have to divide the total amount of goals by the number of games:

last season: 41 ÷ 15 = 2.73

this season: 24 ÷ 9 = 2.67

as you can see the answer to the last season equation is higher than the this season meaning the player scored more goals last season.

b. we already know that the amount of games the player won each game (all of them supposedly being exactly even) is 2.67. so what we have to do is multiply it by 15 the supposed number of games the player is playing this season to get the total number of goals they will get for the entire season:

2.67 x 15 = 40.05 = the prediction of the total goals of the player