Chapter 1.2, Problem 59SR

To determine

To find: the number of points the Huskies scored

Answer to Problem 59SR

Huskies scored 43 points.

Explanation of Solution

Given:

  

Calculation:

Every win is worth 3 points, tie is worth 1 point and loss is worth 0 point.

Now, for any team with x wins and y ties,

Since 1 win = 3 points

Therefore, x wins $=3x$ points

Since 1 tie = 1 points

Therefore, y ties = y points

The expression for the total points of a team is given by

  $3x+y$

Since, from the table, we have that Huskies won 11 matches and 10 matches were tie.

Thus to find points of wildcats, we substitute $x=11$ and $y=10$ in the above expression.

  $3x+y=3\times 11+10$

Since, the expression $3\times 11+10$ , have two operations addition and multiplication, so multiply first and then add.

  $\begin{array}{l}3\times 11+10=33+10\\ =43\end{array}$

Thus, Huskies scored 43 points.

Conclusion:

Thus, Huskies scored 43 points.