27.5k views
20 votes
In Theresa's first 8 basketball games, she scored 7,4,3,6,8,3,1 and 5 points. In her

ninth game, she scored fewer than 10 points and her points-per-game average for the nine
games was an integer. In her tenth game, she scored fewer than 10 points and her points-per-
game average for the ten games was an integer. What is the product of the number of points
she scored in the ninth and tenth games?

User Dwery
by
4.6k points

1 Answer

8 votes

Answer: 40

Step-by-step explanation: The total number of points from the first 8 games is 7+4+3+6+8+3+1+5=37.

We have to make this a multiple of 9 by scoring less than 10 points.

The closest multiple of 9 is 45. 45-37=8.

Now we have to add a number to get a multiple of 10.

The next multiple is 50 we added 5, multiplying these together you get 8 x 5 is 40.

User JR Lawhorne
by
4.6k points