Question

The school’s basketball team record is 650 points for a season. The team currently has 587 points with one more game left in this season. What is the least number of points the team will have to score in the last game to set a new record

Answer 1

At least 64 points

Explanation:

To beat their old record (650 points) they need to get at least 651

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Lets call their current points: x

Their goal of 651: z

And how many points they need: y

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Now lets write an equation with those new found variables:

z - x = y

Then replace the letters with their respected numbers:

651 - 587 = 64

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So they need at least 64 points to set a new record.

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