Question

In the last basketball game, Elena scored 2 more than one fourth of herteam's total points.

Part A: Let n represent the number of points Elena's team scored.
Write an expression for the number of points Elena scored.

Part B: The team scored 40 points. How many points did Elena
score?

Answer 1

`E = 2 + (1)/(4) \ \text{n}`

`n = 40`

`E = 2 + (1)/(4) (40)`

`E= 2 + 10`

`E = 12`

Elena scored 12 points