Question

There are 8employees on The Game Shop's sales team. Last month, they sold a total of g games. One of the sales team members, Chris, sold 17 fewer games than what the team averaged per employee. How many games did Chris sell? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

(g/8) - 17

Explanation:

Given that:

Number of employees = 8

Employees sold a total of g games

Chris sale = 17 fewer than team Average

Number of games Chris sold :

Team average :

Total sales made / number of employees

Team average = g/ 8

Number of games sold by Chris:

(g/8) - 17