Question

On January 22, 2006, Kobe Bryant had his highest scoring game ever. He scored 81 points in a single game

against the Toronto Raptors. On December 20, 2005 against the Dallas Mavericks, Kobe scored a respectable 62
points. A basketball game lasts 48 minutes. Kobe played 42 minutes of the game against the Raptors, but only
played 33 minutes of the game against the Mavericks. Edwin claims that Kobe had a better game against the
Raptors than the one against the Mavericks. Is Edwin correct? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Edwin is correct.

Explanation:

When you divide to find out how many points he scored per minute in each game, you find that he scored better in the game against the Raptors.

Mavericks game: 1.88

Raptors game: 1.93